For 22 years, Keith Soares ran an interactive game, web, and app development agency working with clients like National Geographic, PBS, Verizon, HarperCollins, and the Smithsonian Institution. As a team leader dealing with agency deadlines and late nights waiting on code updates, he converted some of the inevitable downtime into creative time and started writing science fiction and fantasy novels in 2013.In 2020, Keith left the agency world behind to become a full-time author, trading computer code for plot outlines. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife and two daughters, who are all avid readers.