CHAD J. SHONK is the award-winning writer of the independent film Dakota Skye and the science fiction novel Proxy, as well as the father of two amazing girls, a lucky husband, a dog owner, a decent pizza chef, a mediocre Magic player, a feminist, a reader of history, a rabid fan of the Cincinnati Reds baseball club, and he knows more about Star Wars than you. Yes, you.

A product of the great states of Ohio, Georgia, and California, he currently lives Eastern Pennsylvania.