It wasn’t until David von Allmen’s high school professor thought one of his short stories was suspiciously high in literary merit and threatened to have him expelled for plagiarism that he realized he just might have the talent to be a real writer. David’s writing has appeared in New Myths, Galaxy’s Edge, Deep Magic, and other professional publications, and has been published in Chinese translation. David is a past Grand Prize winner of the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award. He lives in his hometown of St. Louis with his children, Lucas and Eva, who write some pretty darn good stories of their own. Links to his works can be found at davidvonallmen.com.