Dire KeplerDire Kepler was born beneath the dark shadow of Mount St. Helens after its eruption. Her ashen arrival in the Pacific Northwest exploded into a life of tall tales and high-stakes adventures. A natural storyteller, Dire began writing novels in her eary twenties and never stopped. She has published dozens of novels, novellas, and short stories. Her words are devoured worldwide by readers hungry for a little justice.Best known for dark psychological thrillers as author D.K. Greene, Dire started writing science fiction early in her career. After years of exploring the sinister side of humanity, she has come back to her dystopian roots with The X-Clone Secrets. With a love of oppressive robotic regimes and casts of defiant characters, Dire is right at home surviving in the chaos of any collapsing dystopia.When she isn't writing novels, Dire spends most of her time with family, traveling the western coast of the United States, and consuming other people's stories. Read More Read Less