David Estes was born in El Paso, Texas but moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was very young. He grew up in Pittsburgh and then went to Penn State for college. Eventually he moved to Sydney, Australia where he met his wife and soul mate, Adele, who he’s now happily married to. A reader all his life, David began writing science fiction and fantasy novels in 2010, and has published more than forty books. In June of 2012, David became a fulltime writer and is now living in Hawaii with Adele, their energetic sons, Beau and Brody, and their naughty cats, Bailey, Luna, and Ruby.