Russell Davis

Mercenary writer... novel and anthology editor... publishing industry jack of all trades, master of some... husband, father, and occasional player of poker. 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. As an editor, he has worked across the genres as well, with authors like Laura Resnick, Stephen Mertz, Joyce Lamb, Cathy McDavid, Jessica Andersen, Laurie Moore, and Paxton Riddle. Russell was the Genre Fiction Concentration Director for the MA/MFA program at Western Colorado University and a course developer and 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 releases include a re-issue of the Jenna Solitaire series, and he’s currently working on a new collection, Written in the Scars on Our Hearts, and a middle grade novel with Fran Wilde.