Lucas Schmidt was born in Wichita, Kansas and lived there for two years. He then grew up in the hill country of San Antonio, Texas. When he was in high school, he started writing short stories and eventually novels. After graduating from Texas State University, he worked for a nonprofit and e-learning company as a copyeditor and copywriter while he continued to write books under his real name, Lucas Schmidt, and pen names. He currently writes full-time and lives just outside of Austin, Texas.