Bio

Mercenary writer... novel and anthology editor... publishing industry jack of all trades, master of some... husband, father, and occasional player of poker. Best-selling author and editor Russell Davis has written and sold numerous novels and short stories in virtually every genre of fiction, under at least a half-dozen pseudonyms. His writing has encompassed media tie-in work in the Transformers universe to action adventure in The Executioner series to original novels and short fiction in anthology titles like Under Cover of Darkness, Law of the Gun, and In the Shadow of Evil. In addition to his work as a writer, he has worked as an editor and book packager, and created original anthology titles ranging from westerns like Lost Trails to fantasy like Courts of the Fey. Russell is the Genre Fiction Concentration Director for the MFA program at Western State Colorado University, where he teaches full-time. He is also an adjunct instructor at Excelsior College, in undergraduate literature and writing courses. He was the president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) from 2008–2010, and has been a member of numerous other writing organization including the Western Writers of America (WWA), Mystery Writers of America (MWA), and the Romance Writers of America (RWA). His most recent collection of short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction, The End of All Seasons, came out in March, 2013. His newest novel (October 2016), co-written with Laurie Moore, is Murder Ink.