Jonathan Park was born in 1985 in Templeton, California. He began reading books when he was six with his parent's help and was soon reading Piers Anthony, Robert Jordan, and Tolkien by eight. He is a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University with a degree in Communications. He served in the United States Air Force between 2005 and 2009. Jonathan Park began writing in 1995 and continues to write until the day his coffin is nailed shut.