R.R. Virdi is a two-time Dragon Award finalist and a Nebula Award finalist. His name is stylized and written specifically as R.R. Virdi (without spaces between the two R’s for extremely personal and private reasons). He is the author of two urban fantasy series, The Grave Report, and The Books of Winter, the LitRPG/portal fantasy series, Monster Slayer Online, and the author of a space western/sci fi series, Shepherd of Light. He has worked in the automotive industry as a mechanic, retail, and in the custom gaming computer world. He’s an avid car nut with a special love for American classics.