Freelance writer, novelist, award-winning screenwriter, editor, poker player, poet, biker, roustabout, Travis Heermann is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and the author of seven novels, including Death Wind (co-authored with Jim Pinto), the Ronin Trilogy, The Wild Boys, and Rogues of the Black Fury, plus short fiction pieces in Apex Magazine, Alembical, the BattleTech universe, five volumes of Fiction River's anthology series, Cemetery Dance's Shivers VII, and others. As a freelance writer, he has produced a metric ton of role-playing game work both in print and online, including the Firefly Roleplaying Game, Legend of Five Rings, d20 System, and the MMORPG, EVE Online. 
He enjoys cycling, martial arts, torturing young minds with otherworldly ideas, and zombies. He has three long-cherished dreams: a produced screenplay, a NYT best-seller, and a seat in the World Series of Poker.