Tim Waggoner is a novelist and college professor. His original novels include the Nekropolis series, Cross County, Darkness Wakes, Pandora Drive, and Like Death. His tie-in novels include The Lady Ruin series and the Blade of the Flame trilogy, both for Wizards of the Coast. He has also written fiction based on Stargate: SG-1, Doctor Who, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Xena the Warrior Princess, the video game Defender, and others. He has published over one hundred short stories, some of which are collected in Broken Shadows and All Too Surreal. His Articles on writing have appeared in Writer's Digest, Writer's Journal and other publications. He teaches composition and creative writing at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, and is a faculty mentor in Seton Hall University's Master of Arts in Writing Popular Fiction program in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.