Former senior principle business systems analyst working in the medical-device industry, now full-time novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker, Ty has lived up and down the West Coast, from San Diego to Seattle, earning an MA in sport psychology, owning a Domino's Pizza franchise, teaching himself several computer programming languages, and training in the many West Coast running meccas along the way. He began running in 1972 and has raced throughout the United States and Europe, garnering more than 100 victories and numerous course records on the roads, tracks, and trails.
Ty currently runs and bikes the roads and trails in Sonoma County, California, where he lives with his wife, and is a longstanding member of the local running club, Empire Runners.