Stephen Mills was born outside of Seattle, Washington, and joined the U.S. Navy in 1996, where he was stationed in Florida. Upon leaving the naval service, his family relocated back to Seattle before moving to Colorado in 2008. He currently resides in Arizona. He has enjoyed books throughout his life, with interests ranging from non-fiction and biographies to historical fiction/adventure and horror/supernatural. A lover of adventure from his earliest memories, Stephen writes the stories he always wanted to read, but could only rarely find.