David Shih is the Executive Creative Director of a B2B company in Raleigh. An avid reader of science fiction and fantasy ever since his early days, some of his favorites include Heinlein, Tolkien, and Roger Zelazny — to name just a few. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his fiancée (who has more degrees, more brains, and frankly better bone structure), two sons, a stepson, and a tyrannical puppy who has never met a shoe she couldn't destroy.