Henry Vogel had the usual range of menial jobs in his youth before ending up in software QA. Between the menial jobs and the IT jobs, His writing career began with the small press comic book titles Southern Knights and X-Thieves, which he also co-created. Henry has been a fan of science fiction-especially space opera and planetary romances-for as long as he can remember, which is why he writes in these subgenres. He lives in Raleigh, NC, with his wife, son, a cat, and a host of imaginary friends all clamoring to tell him of their adventures.