Brian Holman (1983-current) was born in Montana and grew up in Washington. At the age of 10 he wrote his first short 30 page story. By 13, he wrote his first 100 page story. Never wanting anyone to see what he wrote, he kept his stories secret even though his desires were to share his stories. At the age of 17, Brian wrote a two page short story in place of a typing assignment for Halloween. This was the first piece of creative writing that Brian had allowed people to see. His father read it and encouraged Brian to continue to pursue his dream. At the age of 21, Brian married his beautiful wife and with her love for faeries, began to write her little notes about a faerie princess. She told him that he should turn this into a book and 'Her Journey' the first of the Speaker for Nature Chronicles was written. Brian, his wife and four boys live in the Northwest.