Tim Bogenn was born in Grosse Pointe Michigan, moved to California's bay area in the early '90s where he started working at Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) just months before the launch of the first PlayStation. After three years with SCEA he began writing video game strategy guides for BradyGames which was later involved in a forced merger with Prima Games Publishing. Since 1998 he has written well over 100 strategy guides, the most popular being from the Grand Theft Auto series. Tim currently lives in Greenville, North Carolina where he and his wife Jennifer currently own and operate 7 House, a creative studio in the uptown Greenville's art district.