T. L. Bainter is the writer of two award-winning short stories, Edwin and The Ansleigh Arc, as well as contemporary novel How I Ruined My Life. Time that is not spent devoted to writing stories has been invested in learning game design principles.

When he isn’t working on novels, games, or music, T. L. is focused on his full time job with Zoom Video Communications, where he is an SME.

Tylan Bainter is a programmer, artist, and lead developer for Rhetrosoft. If he's not attending his full-time job as a lead custodian, he's at work studying game design and weaving it into various mechanics for Rhetrosoft's leading titles like Cutout.