I am J.P. Bidula and, while I am a writer on many topics, I am absolutely horrible at flattering auto-biography. I was born, raised, and still live in the southern suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA. I've been obsessed with video games, comic books, sci-fi, fantasy, and pretty much any other good escapist trappings since the womb (my mother was reading a lot of Stephen King during my gestation, maybe not aloud, but who knows what metaphysical forms of ingestion travel down that umbilical). I can typically be found in my armchair playing video games and watching TV simultaneously when I should be working. I am also consistently sighted at bars or around firepits with one of a numerous amount of beers in my hand. I am a nerd, but I consider myself something of an atypical example of the archetype. I run a blog where I rant about pop-culture and, occasionally, hockey. If you like those things, you should check it out. My first novel, Unlucky Seven, was a labor of love that took over ten years to fully refine to the point where I deemed it fit for public consumption. It is book one in a series of an undetermined number. If you read it and like it, I can promise you I won't GRRM you out (or King you out or Rowling you out) and take half a decade for the next installment. Part two of the something-logy was actually in the works before the final editions of the first book was completed. Originally, U7 (as abbreviated) was a 60+ chapter serial that I was writing for a few friends. I had to pare it down from the 1,000,000+ (yes, one-and-six-zeroes-plus) word monster that it used to be into the slim, trim, 27 chapter book one that you see listed today. There's more to come from me and it's usually entertaining. Keep fighting the good fight.