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Saje Williams, Urban Fantasy and Science Fiction Writer

Saje Williams was born in Cleveland, but grew up all over the west coast. From attending concerts with hippies at Stanford as a child in the early 70s to living on a small ranch in Central Oregon to coming of age at the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Sunrise Mall in the suburbs of Sacramento. He hitchhiked up and down the coast seven times by the age of 21. His whole life has been steeped in music, Science Fiction and Fantasy, the martial arts, animals, counter-culture philosophy, and role-playing games.

He's worked as a carny, made pizza, helped build houses, worked the counter at a convenience store, delivered newspapers, ran a machine that bent metal for window screens, driven a delivery truck loaded with several tons of steel, and worked in a retail store.

He''s been writing since he was in the 4th grade. He knew almost immediately that it was what he wanted to do. He didn't know if he'd ever get published, but he dreamed of it.

At nineteen he started designing a role-playing game based on his work. It kept him and his friends entertained on the weekends for the better part of fifteen years. As time went on he started pouring more into actual writing and the game fell somewhere along the wayside. Maybe someday he'll resurrect it as another feature of Infinity Earth.

It took several years and the courage to overcome critics to start submitting work in his thirties. His first novel was accepted by wingsepress. Four more novels in that universe were accepted for publication: Of Man and Monster, Freak City and Lady of Blades.

Saje has signed on to Samhain Publishing and has three books coming through them. Sword and Shadow, Tales from the Magitech Lounge and Death of Heroes.

In addition to novel writing, Saje is a local animal activist. He and his wife work with problem Shibas and help find homes for them.