Paul Genesse is the bestselling author of the Iron Dragon series, including The Golden Cord, The Dragon Hunters, and The Secret Empire. He's edited seven anthologies and is the editor of five volumes in the shared multi-verse the Crimson Pact series. In addition to being a writer, Paul worked as a charge nurse in a cardiac unit for seventeen years before getting into information technology, where he's the Nursing Solution Architect for the electronic medical record system for a large healthcare company. He's often a guest and teaches writing at conventions, where he enjoys interviewing media personalities, usually the Lord of the Rings actors.