Troy began his writing life at a very young age, penning the as yet unpublished George and the Giant Castle at age six He grew up in Southern Idaho, and after many adventures including a short stint in the US Army and a diverse education, Troy returned to Idaho, and currently resides in Boise.Troy works as a freelance writer, researcher, and editor He writes historical site characterization reports for those performing remediation on former resource extraction sites, software instruction and help guides, and edits the research of others as well His true passion is writing dark, psychological thrillers His work includes Broken Bones, a collection of his short stories, Redemption the first in the Samuel Elijah Johnson Series, Temptation the sequel to Redemption, along with the horror Satanarium, co authored with Poppet, a brilliant author from South Africa and published by Wild Wolf Publishing Stray Ally, was published March 4th by Tirgearr Publishing and an erotic thriller novella, Night in Boise, a part of the City Nights series also by Tirgearr Publishing is available as of May 27th The final in the Samuel Elijah Johnson Series, Confession will be published June 30th In addition, Troy was nominated this year in the Idaho Statesman s Best of Treasure Valley for the honor of Author of the Year.Troy lives with his wife of twelve years, two of his five children and two very talented dogs He is a skier, cyclist, hiker, fisherman, hunter, and a terrible beginning golfer.