Games journalist by trade. Fantasy novelist by long-standing intention.

I grew up enjoying fiction from Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Robert Jordan, Lloyd Alexander, and C.S. Lewis, and spent most of my childhood assuming I'd write books like theirs someday.

Then I published Defiant Light, decided that counted as someday, and promptly disappeared into video game journalism for two decades. I founded and managed HonestGamers, and freelanced for other outlets including IGN, GameSpot, Polygon, and GamesRadar. Along the way, I learned that writing about other people's stories professionally is a reasonable way to avoid finishing your own.

Now I do both things. The Paladin's Assistant follows a disgraced young man and a grieving paladin through a country where the church's authority is heavy and magic is more dangerous than the monsters. There are more stories left to tell in that world, most of them high fantasy.

I write from Oregon, in the hours my daughter is asleep or otherwise occupied.