Born in the Midwest to a professional family, Sauvain was early interested in the story-telling of fantasy. He has often said that it was his high school English teacher who awoke in him the passion for the writing of such fiction -- a passion that remains to this day.With an analytic turn of mind, he has always enjoyed the application of thought-problems in the context of epic fantasy. For example, if one could not defeat a more powerful being through magical means, do alternatives for action exist, and, if so, what consequences might result from their use?
