Born in 1964, Jay Toney grew up in during the Space Race. He spent his youth glued to the television watching the original Star Trek series, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, and other science fiction movies. Having spent the majority of his life as an voracious reader, he has been heavily influenced by writers ranging from Robert Heinlein, Jerry Pournelle, Alan Dean Foster, David Weber, and many more. Living in Alabama, he shares a house with a mischievous cat.