Ayize Jama-Everett was born and raised in Harlem, New York. He holds a Master's in Clinical Psychology and a Master's in Divinity. He teaches religion and psychology at Starr King School for the Ministry when he's not working as a school therapist at the College Preparatory School. He is the author of three novels, The Liminal People, The Liminal War, and The Entropy of Bones, as well as the graphic novels, Box of Bones Books I and II and The Last Count of Monte Cristo. When not educating, studying, or beating himself up for not writing enough, he's usually enjoying aged rums and practicing his aim.