Growing up on the icy plains of Manitoba, James McCann spent most of his time as a teen reading comics and playing Dungeons and Dragons. Both of these hobbies taught him his storytelling tools that he now uses as an author and creative writing instructor. He is the author of Rancour (first released in 2005 with a second edition due in 2008), Pyre (2007), and Dawn (Christmas 2008). Before turning to mentoring youth in creative writing, he worked in children’s bookstores for seven years.

Unlike the creatures of the night of which he writes, he lives peacefully in the daylight with his Shih Tzu, Conan.

You can learn more about him at www.jamesmccann.info