Loren K. Jones lives near Tampa, Florida. He married Pamela A. Willis in 1983, and they have been together for over thirty years. They have three adult children and four granddaughters. A U.S. Navy veteran, Loren served as a nuclear reactor operator on attack submarines for six years before his honorable discharge in 1986. Loren makes his living as an instrumentation and controls technician, and writes because the stories won't leave him alone until he does. Loren is the author of the Stavin DragonBlessed series.