Alex Starke lives with his wife, Anne, and five Jack Russell terriers in Colorado. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon with a degree in Medieval Studies and a minor in Early Modern European History. When not writing and taking dictation from Thor he is either traveling with Anne and Thor or is helping develop websites for Anne's graphic design business. Most afternoons you will find him in the family's backyard, doing his duty and flinging the sacred orb for Thor, Daisy, Pippin, Lily and the more recently rescued Jack, Mckenzie.