Rob Bleckly was born in Port Pirie, South Australia. He has written stories since his teens but only after founding the Blackwood Writers Group in 1996 did he finish and submit his stories. His first submission to L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest won an 'Honorable Mention'. Over the next 20+ years he wrote The Restoration Legends trilogy. He lives with his wife Felicity in Strathalbyn, a town in the Adelaide Hills.