A Bram Stoker Award nominated-novelist, short story writer, independent screenwriter, former podcaster, and inventor of the Drabble Novel, Jake is the author of over sixty published novels including the bestselling Z-Burbia zombie apocalypse series, the bestselling Salvage Merc One military scifi series, the bestselling Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter space crime series, the fan favorite hit Team Grendel/Mega thriller series, and his original post-apocalyptic mech/zombie mash-up, the Apex Trilogy. His other novels include the YA zombie novel, Little Dead Man, the Bram Stoker Award nominated YA horror novel, Intentional Haunting, the middle grade scifi/horror series, ScareScapes, and the historical fiction/space opera mash-up series, Reign of Four, for Permuted Press, as well as Stone Cold Bastards and the Black Box Inc. series for Bell Bridge Books.
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Jake currently lives in Asheville, NC with his wife and two kids (well, one is attending college. Go Tarheels!), enjoying the mix of the eclectic attitude of the area and good ol’ Southern hospitality. He really wishes the tourists would go away, though.