Max Mackenzie is a lifelong storyteller. In 4th grade, a poem he wrote was published in the local paper. He wrote his first story on a Commodore 64. He created his own comic book universe in junior high. In high school and years after, he turned to Dungeons and Dragons as his preferred means of storytelling. Then finally, after years of abandoned projects, he completed his first novel, "The Secret World of Foster Warwick", in 2011.