When not helping run his small family farm or spending time with his amazing wife and children, HOWARD ANDREW JONES is hunched over his laptop or notebook. His novels include The Chronicles of Sword and Sand (The Desert of Souls, The Waters of Eternity, The Bones of the Old Ones) and several Pathfinders Tales.

He has worked as a TV cameraman, a book editor, a recycling consultant, and a college writing instructor. He edited the Bison Books's collections of Harold Lamb's historicals and served as managing editor of Black Gate. He edits the sword-and-sorcery magazine Tales From the Magician’s Skull and serves as executive editor of the Perilous Worlds book imprint.