Brent Knowles is a writer, programmer, and game designer.He worked at the role-playing game studio BioWare (Baldur's Gate 2, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Dragon Age) for ten years, during most of which he was a Lead Designer/Creative Director.Now he writes full time.He has been published in a variety of magazines including Neo-Opsis, On Spec, and Tales of the Talisman.In 2009 Brent placed first in the third quarter of the Writer’s of the Future Contest.He is also a member of SF Canada: Canada’s National Association for Speculative Fiction Professionals