Stephen Merlino lives in Seattle, WA, where he writes, plays and teaches English. He lives with the world's most desirable woman, two fabulous children, and three attack chickens. Stephen grew up in Seattle, where the near constant rain drove him indoors eight months of the year, so he read a lot. It's a good reading climate. One winter he read The Lord of the Rings, and fell in love with fantasy. He spent the beautiful summers out of doors on Puget Sound, building worlds in the sand, fighting orcs & wizards with driftwood swords, & dreaming up fantasies with friends. At the University of Wash...