Born August 6th, 1934, Piers Anthony is the pseudonym of author Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob. Piers is a very prolific writer, whose first novel "Chthon" was published in 1967. Most of his early work is in the field of science fiction, and later he has done more fantasy. He has diversified into historical fiction, horror, martial arts, and erotic fiction as well.

When young his parents divorced, he showed an assortment of complications such as nervous tics of head and hands, bed-wetting, and inability to learn. It required three years and five schools to get Piers through first grade because he couldn't learn to read. Of course, english isn't his only bad subject, Math isn't a strong point either. Pierse, never having learned to count has written well over 30 novels in a series that was intended to be a trilogy

Piers became an American citizen while serving in the U. S. Army in 1958. After his stint in the Army he settled in Florida where he lives today (near the North Village) on his tree farm near a large railroad ditch not unlike the Gap.

His sales and income soared, and he became one of the most successful writers of the genre, with twenty-one New York Times paperback bestsellers in the space of a decade. In one year alone three of his novels placed on The New York Times bestseller list. The Spokane Public Library gave him the Golden Pen Award for being their favorite fantasy author in 1982.

He lives with his wife Cam in Inverness, Citrus County, Florida and makes very few public appearances.