Born in Page, Arizona, practically on the Navajo Reservation, and raised in Idaho with his several siblings, J began writing stories when he was about three. When he wasn’t writing, he spent his childhood living the adventures described in his books. He earned a Bachelor’s of English from Brigham Young University–Idaho and a Master’s of English from Brigham Young University. Aspiring to be a renaissance man, he has worked as a lawn mower, a concrete pourer, a street preacher, a meta-physicist, a typographer, a graphic designer, a usability designer, a warrior poet, and even an English teacher. He also suffers from chronic somnia.