John Douglas Powers

Doug Powers was born on Labor Day in a sanitarium. He began writing as early as elementary school. He continued learning the trade for decades, taking long breaks to earn a living, further educate himself, or engage in his other creative pursuit, game design. He supported himself as a software quality assurance analyst engaged with companies such as Turner Entertainment Groups and IBM Corporation.

"Retiree" (2013), a cyberpunk detective story, was his first solo novel. "Retiree 2.0" (2014) is the sequel to 2013's "Retiree." "Daughter of Marathir" (2025) is an epic fantasy novel. Prior to that, he assisted Frederick Noble with his "Vegas Apocalypse" trilogy.