Growing up, John Bachkosky read day and night. His first pair of glasses in 2nd grade purposefully resembled those of Harry Potter and his childhood backyard, complete with a treehouse, regularly transformed into Mordor, Mars, and Hogwarts. During rainy days, John kept busy conquering Ganondorf, catching them all, and falling off of Rainbow Road more times than one could count. After experiencing so many stories and worlds, John tried his hand at making his own, and The Last Wizard was born.John is also a two-time Ironman finisher, is a singer and the fiddler for his band: The Bards, and currently works as an aerospace engineer. John Bachkosky is the author of The Last Wizard and Kingdom's End.