Jacob Tate is an Amazon Best Selling Author in both Dark Fantasy and Horror Occult. His writing mixes paranormal, horror and fantasy related themes. He is the author of three novels from the adult horror/humor series, Max Cutter and The First Black Book and the young-adult fantasy series, Wyatt Watkins and the Adder Stones.
The Wyatt Watkins series focuses on the adventures of a young boy and his brother and sister as they adjust to life after a tragic loss in the family. When Wyatt uncovers an artifact with untold power, his entire family is thrust into the middle of an ancient struggle between good and evil. Capturing a mix of fantasy, action and coming-of-age the series appeals to readers of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and The Maze Runner. The second book in the Wyatt Watkins series, Wyatt Watkins and The Table of the Marked releases on March 31st, 2017.
The Max Cutter series is written with an adult, humorous style to accompany the horror and supernatural components. It revolves around a fun loving and sarcastic central character, Max Cutter. Max is often thrust into extremely dangerous situations and symbolizes being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He counters the awkwardness of facing monsters, ghosts, demons and potential death with a wry and catching wit. A child of the 80's, Jacob infuses Max Cutter with a number of Easter-egg movie, cartoon and TV references, that help add a laugh-out-loud humor to the tense horror backdrop.
Jacob resides in Lebanon, Ohio with his wife and 3 children and attended the University of Cincinnati where he studied English Literature.