New York Times bestselling and World Fantasy nominated author of science fiction and fantasy novels (with over 2.5 million copies in print), as well as various short stories, graphic novels, and industry articles, including: Pawn's Dream (1995)Dry Water (1997)A Game of Universe (1997)Signal to Noise (1998)A Signal Shattered (1999)HALO: The Fall of Reach (2001)Crimson Skies (2002)HALO: First Strike (2003)HALO: Ghosts of Onyx (2006)Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology (2006)Halo: Evolutions (2009)Battlestar Galactica: The Cylon Wars miniseries, (2009)Mortal Coils (2009)All That Lives Must Die (2010)Resisters #1 - The Resisters (2011)Resisters #2 - Sterling Squadron (2012)Resisters #3 - Titan Base (2013)Resisters #4 - Operation Inferno (2013)Guys Read: Other Worlds (2013)The Enchanted Knot (2015)Hero of Thera (2017)A Thousand Drunken Monkeys (2019)Fallen Phoenix Rising (2020)

(Only accepting consulting assignments from people I know in the industry). Helped create 50+ published games during my 15 years at Microsoft and Amazon Game Studios, crafted countless pitches—and, on the publisher’s side, judged game pitches for acquisition.Every genre (except westerns and romances, sorry). Every game type.Console, mobile, and PC platforms.Discrete.Fast.For Game Creators: Script need punching up? Creating a world from scratch or need to fit your game into an established IP? Is your pitch not quite perfect yet? Need to capture the hearts, minds, and imaginations of your audience? I can help.For Publishers:Need an unbiased take on the strengths and weaknesses of the intellectual properties in your portfolio? Need something new? Require another take on the narrative aspects of pending pitches? I can help.

Narrative Director for first- and second-party game studios, leading effort to create and manage the story of multiple game titles, create new intellectual properties, and develop connected media strategies for proprietary platfroms.

Lead of Microsoft’s Narrative Design team comprised of producers, designers, and R&D group to integrate media and engineer billion-dollar, record-breaking AAA properties. Our goal is to redefine electronic entertainment in the 21st century across multiple media types and platforms (television, console, tablet, mobile, interactive e-books and e-graphic novels).Veteran of the game industry having launched several console cycles and contributed to over 50 game titles of every type and genre—expanding intellectual properties across a variety of media, scripting levels, cinematics, dialog trees, directing voice actors, and creating billion-dollar and decade-spanning franchises for record-breaking AAA titles.