B.H. Preston was born in 1983 in Harvey, Illinois. Growing up, reading fantasy fascinated him, and he frequented the local public library. While dabbling in a few fields, from website implementation specialist to life coach, Bryant has spent several years writing his first novel. He is the father of a young 6-year-old boy and friend to his trusty 16-month-old Goldendoodle. As an avid fantasy novel reader of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series and C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, he inspires to replicate that level of world-building in his novel. Bryant loves to create an immersive world that readers could really be a part of in his writing. When he is not writing, Bryant spends his free time watching movies, listening to music, and playing video games. He is the latest new author behind the fantasy novel A Hero Forged in Blood, the first book in the Chronicles of Empyrea trilogy. He currently lives in Duluth, Minnesota.