Rob Neuteboom is a writer, a professor and administrator at Rasmussen University, and an enthusiast of myth and fantasy. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Writing and Culture from North Dakota State University. His work has been published in the South Dakota Review, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and Work Literary Magazine, to name a few. He does most of his daydreaming and writing in Davenport, North Dakota. In his spare time, Rob enjoys running, reading, writing, and spending time with his wife Jen and their two dogs, Letty Ro and Mae Bee. Sometimes he bends paperclips into little metal origami dragons. Most of the time, he contrives plots to intrigue and ensnare readers. The Growing Ax, The Fallen Queen, and The Rising Hammer (The Ask Trilogy) are his first three novels. He recently completed The Mountain's Giant, a bridge novel to a new trilogy.