G. L. Strytler

Grant Lee Petersen, also known as writer G. L. Strytler, is the author of Xtoriez (simply pronounced "stories") a book series for young adults. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was raised in Midland, Texas and Rogers, Arkansas, but returned to Utah to attend Snow College and study business management.

Grant Lee enjoys playing any and all sports. He also enjoys movies and has been featured in several movies filmed in Utah including High School Musical and The World's Fastest Indian starring Anthony Hopkins, in which he played Binocular Boy, among many, many others.

In 2004 he made national news when he paid for a traffic ticket with 8,200 pennies. The stunt was mentioned on CNN as well as radio shows such as Paul Harvey.

In March 2012, Grant appeared on TruTV's Top 20 Most Shocking Videos, Pranksters Gone Wild 7, in which he plays a funny prank on a former roommate. But Grant's real passion will always be writing exciting fantasy and science-fiction stories for youth of all ages.

Story behind the Story:

MicroWorlds, Time-Link and Instru-Mental were written as separate books. A girlfriend suggested they should be made into a series. Though she was correct about the series idea, the title she proposed "Adventures With Boys" was far from a successful one. G. L. Strytler then came across an interview with the creator of Spanx. She told the assembled crowd that in order for a business to the successful it should have the letter "X" in the title, so the book series was immediately changed to "Xtoriez" with much better results.

Another reason Xtoriez stands out as a book series is because each tale uses pseudoscientific details, as opposed to the protagonist finding a magic wand, magic stone or some out-of-the-blue super power, the character and their outlandish adventure could possibly happen.