Eric Nylund

Eirc S. Nylund was born in 1964 though his writing career didn't seem to begin until 1995. He is a novelist and professional technical writer. He is married to another Sci-fi writer, Syne Mitchell. He holds a B.Sc. in chemistry and an M.Sc. in chemical physics. He lives in North Bend, in the Seattle, Washington area. Astrological Sign: Scorpio.

Eric Nylund is the author of Halo: The Fall of Reach, a novel that acts as a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: First Strike, a sequel to Halo: The Flood and prequel to Halo 2, and a sequel to Halo 2, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. Despite this, his actual job is as a writer for Microsoft Game Studios. His job is to develop character and story bibles, write backstory, prepare materials for Marketing, write game manuals, write game scripts, consult on voice casting, direct voice actors, and coordinate with MS Localization, Legal, and Geopolitcal departments.

He was born in 1964, and spent his youth in California. He has a bachelor's Degree in Chemistry and a Master's Degree in Chemical Physics. In the 1990s he was hired by Microsoft to help rewrite and edit scientific parts of Microsoft's multi-media enyclopedia. Since then, he has written novels for several games, including Halo and Crimson Skies. Crimson Skies was written along with fellow Halo writer Eric S. Trautmann.

Besides the Halo series, Eric has written several other novels, including Signal to Noise, A Signal Shattered, and several others. He is currently working on his next novel, Mortal Coils.