Austin Bruce Hallock was born in Austin, Texas, in 1947. Until recently he lived there and made his living as a technical writer. In 2008 he and his wife Leela Devi moved to Corvallis, Oregon. Although his legal given name is “Bruce Glen,” he now answers to the nickname of “Austin” or “Austin Bruce.” His current interests include history and fiction — both the reading and writing of them. He is an award-winning science fiction author.