I grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the hot summer days of my youth, I cut my teeth on science fiction through novels and comic books. Authors like Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury were but a few writers who shaped my youth. Burroughs’ influence with his John Carter of Mars series inspired me to write The 5 Moons of Tiiana. It was also my Las Vegas connection, working in the gaming industry as a Blackjack and Craps dealer, that inspired another one of my works: NanoVision. I began my writing career while attending the University of Nevada, where I co-wrote a musical before moving on to screenplays and novels.