Charles, Jim

Robert E. Balsley Jr. graduated from Elder High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, before serving in the United States Air Force for six years. After his discharge, he spent the next thirty-five years as an engineering technician, first-level supervisor, and lead technician at Tinker Air Force Base.

Now retired, Balsley honed his writing skills through technical writing on the job, as well as fictional writing through his role as Dungeon Master in the Dungeons and Dragons games he has played for twenty-five years.

He currently lives in Moore, Oklahoma, with his wife of nearly forty years. Togethe...