Born in Meridian, MS, in 1963, Greg Keyes spent his early years roaming the forests of his native state and the red rock cliffs of the Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona. He earned his B. A. in anthropology from Mississippi State University and a master's degree from the University of Georgia, where he did course work for a Ph. D. He lives in Savannah, GA, where, in addition to full-time writing, he practices ethnic cooking--particularly Central American, Szechuan, Malaysian, and Turkish Cuisines--and Kapucha Toli, a Choctaw game involving heavy sticks and no rules. While researching "The Age of Unreason," he took up fencing, and now competes nationally. Greg is the author of THE BRIAR KING, THE WATERBORN, THE BLAGKGOD, the Babylon 5 Psi Corps trilogy, the Age of Unreason tetrology (for which he won the prestigious "Le Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire" award), and two New York Times bestselling Star Wars novels: STAR WARS: THE NEW JEDI ORDER: CONQUEST and STAR WARS: THE NEW JEDI ORDER: REBIRTH.