Since 1990, Steven E. Schend has worked full-time or freelance on dozens of fictional worlds as an editor, developer, designer, writer, or assistant manager for at least six publishers. He has published six short stories and two novels with DAW, Tekno Books, and Wizards of the Coast. Steven now lives with his wife in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he teaches and works feverishly on novels and stories in worlds of his own.