Biographie de Jake A. Strife
Jake is a YA writer, character artist, role-player, and avid gamer. Hiscollection of novels are in the sci-fi/horror or fantasy genres. Throughoutthe years, he has written multiple short stories and various screenplays. Jake was born in the 'village' of Bellaire, Ohio. As the populationshrank, he knew he needed to get out or get caught in the trap of theaverage small town-if you don't get out young, you don't get out at all.
The earliest influences on his writing were survival horror video games, and sci-fi/fantasy novels. It was the thrill of a good scare and abilities aboveand beyond the scope of physics that drove his imagination. For many years, Jake focused only on his artistic abilities and put writingaside. He eventually enrolled in an art school, but after taking a StoryWriting course, he became serious about his work and eventually switchedto Creative Writing at another university.
He was twice published in theschool's magazine, The Aviator, for his works, Book of Fate and OmegaVirus. Jake spends most of his time with his wife, and is always writing, drawing, or gaming.