Dr. Scott Simerlein

Dr. Scott Simerlein spent his early years on the planet firmly rooted in reality: spelling bee champ at the age of nine, high school valedictorian, first in his class at Palmer College of Chiropractic. Then the creative side of his brain staged a smackdown. Without warning, he began to compose poetry, draw a comic strip for his college newspaper, and write young adult stories for fun.

After years of leading a writers group in Indiana and then being named Poet Laureate of his county, Dr. Simerlein burst onto the world stage when Hydra Publications published his Land of Lex novelettes in its Unsheathed and Against All Odds anthologies.

When he’s not stalking gnomes and eavesdropping on dragons in the Land of Lex, Dr. Simerlein passes his time in this world teaching anatomy and physiology to college students. Rudger Rump and the Mage of Ages is his first full-length novel.