Blake Hutchins lives in the green hills of Eugene, Oregon with his wife, two daughters, the required eccentric cats, and the token dog.

The author of an upcoming novel set in the world of Blueshift, he also wrote the story and dialogue scripts for the Night at the Museum 2 videogames for the Wii, Sony Playstation, and Nintendo DS, released in the spring of 2009.

He was the creative director, lead writer, and a designer on the computer games Tribes (1998, Sierra), Starsiege (1999, Sierra), Tribes 2 (2001, Sierra), and Enigma: Rising Tide (2003, Tesseraction Games).

His award-winning story “The Sword from the Sea” appeared in the anthology Writers of the Future, Vol. XXII, published in 2006.  Other short story credits include Polyphony 5, Blood, Blade & Thruster, and Shimmer.

When not writing, he focuses on family, marathon running, politics, and reading voraciously.