About the Author

Deven Kane has been honing his writing chops since junior high school. He’d barely started eighth grade when he submitted his first science fiction novella to a publishing house. As he soon discovered, few thirteen-year-olds become published authors, but the editor encouraged Deven to keep writing.

“That was very gracious of him,” Deven says now. “He could’ve said, ‘Kid, you’re wasting my time.’ But instead, he took the time to encourage an aspiring writer. I’ve never forgotten that, and want to ‘pay it forward’ whenever I can.”

Deven enjoys reading across many genres, but finds his writing groove in the science fiction / urban fantasy end of the writing pool.

“Speculative fiction allows me to explore human nature, interpersonal conflicts, the desire to rise above our circumstances, and the obstacles which hold us back,” he says. “No matter the setting—Earth’s near future, the past, or an alien culture on another planet—the most compelling stories are always about our interactions with each other. The good, the bad, the ugly, and our need to transcend.”

He pauses, looking out the window, before adding with a wry grin, “And, to be honest, writing speculative fiction is just plain fun.”

Almost as much fun—one might suspect—as writing his own biography in the third person.

Read more at Deven Kane’s site.