Cliff Ball is 38 years old, from Arizona, but lives in Texas, single, a Christian, has a Bachelor's of Art degree in English, and is going to try to pursue an MA in Technical Communication. Times of Trouble, New Frontier, The Usurper, Out of Time, Don't Mess With Earth, and Shattered Earth are his current published novels. Won 3rd in a young adult magazine writing contest for a short story he wrote in Creative Writing class in high school.