Greg Keyes

J. Gregory Keyes was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He was raised there and in northern Arizona at a Navajo reservation. He earned a B.A. in anthropology from Mississippi State University and worked briefly as an archaeologist. He recieved a Master's in anthropology from the University of Georgia and is closing in on a Ph.D. in the same field. As an anthropologist his interests are in belief systems and mythology.

His first novel, The Waterborn, was published in 1996. Since then he has authored its sequel, The Blackgod and the age of Unreason series - Newton's...