Whit McClendon is an author and martial arts instructor from Katy, Texas. Always a big fan of comic books and fantasy-adventure fiction, Whit combines his passion for kung fu and other martial arts with his love of swords and sorcery to write his stories. Once a cubicle dweller in the petrochemical field, he now owns and runs Jade Mountain Martial Arts in Katy, Tx, and writes in every spare minute. He is the author of the Fire of the Jidaan Trilogy, and his latest project is the Forge Born Duology.