Charles Embrey Jr

Charles Embrey Jr. was born into a military family. He learned much about human nature and

cultural differences through the family's travels with his father as he was assigned to different

Air Force Bases. Charles learned to make friends easily and to adapt quickly to his new

surroundings. He graduated from High School in the family’s home state of Mississippi: his

thirteenth school in twelve years.

Nomadic life agreed with Charles: He enlisted into the United States Air Force immediately after

High School. As a young Airman he was introduced to fantasy adventure gaming through

Dungeons and Dragons. He had found a new pastime. Charles was never content with the

superficial approach to gaming. He designed elaborate, believable gaming scenarios with

characters that came to life and gave new meaning to the game. Marriage and fatherhood

placed his gaming scenarios on the back burner until his own retirement from the Air Force. He

resides in Kentucky with his bride, Barbara. He has three older children, Mandy, in Ohio,

Anthony and Charlie, both in Indiana. By the way, Anthony is the model for the cover of Beyond

the Black River Styx.

Charles holds a Bachelor's of Science in Business and is certified as a Pathologists' Assistant.

He works at a large hospital in Indiana and now spends his free time writing spellbinding fiction

based on the elaborate gaming scenarios from his past. Charles’ talent comes to light in his

believable characters that capture the reader’s imagination in a fantasy world. He has

successfully resurrected those characters from his gaming days, and he has given them new

life in his fantasy fiction to delight readers everywhere.