Terry Mixon, co-host of the three-time Parsec Award finalist writing podcast The Dead Robots' Society, is the author of the science fiction series Empire of Bones. A former non-commissioned officer with the United States Army 101st Airborne Division, he has dedicated over sixteen years to providing direct computer support to the spaceflight flight controllers in the Mission Control Center at the NASA Johnson Space Center, including Space Shuttle and International Space Station projects.