J. L. Doty is the author of eight science fiction and fantasy novels. A scientist with a PhD in electrical engineering, he became a self-publishing success and was able to quit his day job as a lackey for the bourgeois capitalist establishment to work as a full-time writer. Doty writes epic fantasy, hard science fiction, and contemporary urban fantasy, frequently with strong young-adult themes. His novels include Child of the Sword, A Choice of Treasons, and When Dead Ain’t Dead Enough.

Born in Seattle, Doty lived most of his life in California but now resides in Arizona with his wife Karen and their three cats.