Born on a Groundhog Day a few decades ago, and raised with repeated viewings of the original Star Wars movies, the author developed a taste for fantastical stories and worlds. He had a healthy appetite for science fiction stories which soon led to other genres and a large collection of paperbacks on the shelf. His day job remains a more monotonous world of numbers, paper and procedures but it has allowed the author to travel through many different countries and cultures including Chile, Australia and into the Arctic Circle for extended periods of time. When not travelling, the author makes his home in southern Ontario, Canada, where he lives happily with his wife and daughter. He spends much of his free time studying vintage aircraft and playing tabletop games.