PG Badzey

A route to fantasy fiction through the aerospace industry may seem an odd one to take, but Pete (PG) Badzey has been writing stories since grammar school and never stopped even though his path took an unconventional turn for someone interesting in writing. A trained systems engineer, he kept up his creative writing and coursework throughout a career working on the C-17 airlifter, the International Space Station, the Delta IV Rocket and the James Webb Space Telescope. He enjoys and has been influenced by JRR Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Katherine Kurtz, Christopher Stasheff, Terry Brooks and C. Dale Brittain, to name a few. His first publications (short fantasy fiction) were published in Dragonlaugh, an online fantasy humor magazine. His Grey Riders series of novels (Whitehorse Peak, Eye of Truth, Helm of Shadows, Assassin Prince, The Skull Gates and Gate of Stars) have all received 5-star reviews from Readers' Favorite and have been featured in the Midwest Book Review and the US Review of Books. He was profiled in an interview for No Wasted Ink and is a member of both the Orange County (CA) Writers Guild and Realm Makers, a Christian speculative fiction community. He has studied martial arts for many years, has mentored high school robotics, and is active in his parish community. He lives in California with his wife and has two grown sons.