Steven M Booth works with artists in the film industry to create some of the most spectacular effects and animation on the silver screen. He has worked as a software developer, programming the production and artist tools used to convert 2D to 3D films, on films such as Transformers 3, The Green Lantern, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Smurfs. Steven used the intimate knowledge of the world and the process of creating something out of nothing that he found in his 30 years developing software for film to create the fantasy world of his first novel, DARK TALISMAN.