From a 2020 bio: Patrick S. Baker is a U.S. Army Veteran, and a retired Department of Defense employee. He holds Bachelor degrees in History and Political Science and a Masters in European History. He has been writing professionally since 2013. His nonfiction has appeared in New Myths Sci-Phi Journal and Medieval Warfare Magazine. His fiction has appeared in Astounding Frontiers and Broadswords and Blasters Magazine as well as the After Avalon and Uncommon Minds analogies. In his spare time, he plays golf, reads, works out, and enjoys life with his wife, dog, and two cats.