Eric James-Olson is the author of four novels and several short stories. But the Angels Never Came, Farmers and Cannibals, Just After the Fall, and The Church Peak Hotel: Revisited exist within the same futuristic, philosophical universe. The final book in the collection, Whom Cain Slew, will be released in December 2015. In addition to writing, James-Olson is a high school English teacher and an outdoor enthusiast. He lives with his wife and daughter in the hills of West Virginia.