I started writing in high school. I didn't really get into it until college, when I began writing fiction online. I never seriously considered trying to be a nonovelist, though, not until 2006. That was the year I met Larry Correia. He liked a story I was writing online and asked if he could jump in on it. That story ultimately became DEAD SIX. I lived in Doha, Qatar for a year, while working security at at US installation there. Qatar ultimately became the inspiration for the fictional country of Zubara. Later in life, I served as an explosive ordnance disposal technician in the US Air Force. I deployed to Afghanistan, and applied that experience to my second book, SWORDS OF EXODUS. My first solo novel, HER BROTHER'S KEEPER, wasn't exactly inspired by real life. I am sad to admit that I've never captained a privateer rocket ship. I do, however, have a lifelong love of science fiction and space opera, and am excited to be able to share my take on my favorite genre.