Ryan Thompson and his wife Shannon live in northern Colorado with their three daughters, Emma, Alice, and Olivia, and their Portuguese Water Dog, Bernard. A love of writing and good stories in part inspired Ryan to become a social studies teacher, where he spends each day trying to support a love of learning and history in all of his students. Ryan was first exposed to Achilles and other heroes from Greek Mythology in his middle school social studies classes. Since then he has been interested in not only tales from the past, but also writing his own stories to share with his students and his daughters.