Hal EmersonHal Emerson is the author of ten books, including the award-winning Exile Trilogy beginning with The Prince of Ravens. He is a graduate of UCLA with a BA in theatre, where he studied Shakespeare, Chekhov, and the Greek and Roman Classics. He also hasan MBA from UC Berkeley (Cal).Some of his favorite books and series include East of Eden, The Brothers Karamazov, The Lord of the Rings, and The Wheel of Time. As a young reader he was particularly inspired by The Chronicles of Prydain, and he is an avid Harry Potter fan.He still believes in the Oxford comma, and he has seen every Robin Williams movie. Read More Read Less