Dylan Lee Peters

Dylan Lee Peters was born under the gray winter sky of coastal Massachusetts, and was named after the Welsh god of sea and darkness. The name he was given would prove to be prophetic, as the dark mischief of the sea worked its way into him quite early on. After running away multiple times before the age of five, Dylan’s mother decided that if he was so determined to be lost, it would be safer to lose himself in the pages of a book. So she read to him, and fostered in him a love of written adventure. One would have thought this a wonderful solution. Unfortunately, Dylan remained determined to lose himself in the real world, as well. During adolescence he painted graffiti while reading "1984", he smoked and drank in the woods while reading "The Lord of the Rings", and he dyed his hair black after reading some works of Stephen King. In his twenties he sang anthems in a rock band, while fueled by gin and the works of Ayn Rand. He read "Harry Potter", and had his jacket stolen by a man in a Halloween costume who forced him to retrieve it from the bottom of a lake. He was bitten on the ankle by a ferret, died in an amateur slasher film, conversed with philosophers, briefly became allergic to science, wrestled with demons, read the "Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy", broke up multiple hallway brawls, and he may even have a warrant out for his arrest in Canada. He freely admits this is a possibility. It was only after all this that Dylan moved to Florida and finally decided to calm down and lose himself in the writing of his first novel. Now he lives with his wife and animal children, penning speculative fiction while sipping red wine and staring accusingly at the ocean that filled him with such dark mischief in his youth. Dylan Lee Peters has written the Everflame series (a fever-dream of a fantasy adventure involving a young man raised by a kingdom of bears), The Dean Machine (a sci-fi/fantasy/horror/mindbender that donates royalties to animal rescue shelters), the first two books of The Hands of Ruin series (an fantasy epic about bunch of really flawed people with access to way too much power and otherworldly magic), and the as-of-yet unnamed horror novel he’s working on which will be a half-assed attempt to warn you that he may or may not have opened a path to a hell-like dimension he may or may not have been born in. This man will also drink all of your wine if you invite him over for dinner. He freely admits this is a possibility. Check out www.dylanleepeters.com to learn more about the books, see images, read sample chapters, and much more!.