Marko Kloos was born and raised in Germany, in and around the city of Munster. In the past, he was a soldier, bookseller, freight dockworker, and corporate IT administrator before he decided that he wasn t cut out for anything other than making up stuff for a living. He writes primarily science fiction and fantasy, his favorite genres since his youth, when he spent most of his allowance on German sci-fi pulp serials. He resides in New Hampshire with his wife, two children, and a roving pack of vicious dachshunds.