I am married to Sarah Deer and we have a small dog together. We live in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

I am a big science fiction fan. I enjoy military science fiction by authors such as John Ringo, David Weber and David Drake.

I also enjoy hard science fiction and political science fiction by authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Nancy Kress, and Charles Sheffield.

Another genre I enjoy is cyberpunk, which tends to dark science fiction set in the near future. William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and Walter Jon Williams have all written rather disturbing cyberpunk novels.