The author's unique take on the supernatural world and its intrusion on the material one manifested  itself during his childhood in a small farming community in Michigan. His mother and grandmother were both instrumental in initiating and later cementing his love for the written word. His mother, like many mothers, had introduced him at an early age to Dr. Seuss and that magical world of bright colors and nonsensical rhyme. His mother's tender mentoring showed him that reading was not only pleasurable, but was a ready gateway to faraway worlds. His grandmother on the other hand, a retired English teacher, introduced him to the likes of Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, and Ernest Hemingway. She maintained that words in the hand of a master, like Shakespeare, were chosen so carefully and fashioned so precisely that the reading of them aloud was like a hypnotic melody to the ears. To her, literature was more than mere words. To her, literature was the music of life.

     It wasn't until the author had procured several books from an older cousin that he became acquainted with the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen R. Donaldson, Piers Anthony, and H.P. Lovecraft.
It was during that time that he discovered an intense desire to craft stories of his own.  He drew on his experiences from living on a rural farm and illustrated many of the stories himself.  In the fifth grade he illustrated and co-wrote a historical piece on the nation's first president, George Washington, which was published. The author attended the University of Michigan, majoring in Computer Science with a minor in English. After college he served in the U.S. Air Force and was awarded with a commendation for his service during the Gulf War.