John Allen Royce is an American author and horseman. His debut title, Eclipsed by Shadow, won national honors including the 2009 Eric Hoffer Book Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. Born in California and growing up in Texas, the author has lived ‘from sea to shining sea’ in his native America, and now resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Horses and history have intertwined in Mr. Royce’s life since his youth, twin passions which led to his authoring of The Legend of the Great Horse, an award-winning time-travel trilogy about a modern rider taken back into history. In addition to the national Eric Hoffer Award, Royce’s writing honors include the Mom’s Choice Award (Gold) for best family-friendly Young Adult Fantasy and a Reader Views Literary Award for Fantasy, and inclusion in the award-winning anthology Best New Writing. Mr. Royce’s recently-published 2nd title, The Golden Spark (April 2011) was named an Independent Publisher Highlighted Title for Summer 2011 and won the 2012 Written Arts Award for best Science Fiction/Fantasy