Henry H. Neff is the author and illustrator of the Tapestry, a fantasy fiction series that follows the life of a boy named Max McDaniels. The series comprises five novels of which four have been published, the most recent on October 23, 2012. The last book will be published on November 25, 2014. The books are notable for combining a range of genres, including fantasy, history, mythology, folklore, and science fiction. Henry H. Neff both writes and illustrates the books. The Hound of Rowan was nominated for the 2009-10 Texas Bluebonnet Award. On August 18, 2014, it was announced that HarperCollins Children's Books had acquired his next project, "Impyrium", in a three-book pre-empt. The first book is slated for publication in 2016. Before becoming an author, Henry H. Neff was a consultant for McKinsey & Company and a teacher at Stuart Hall High School in San Francisco. He is a graduate of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He currently lives and writes in Montclair, NJ. 

September 21st, 1973 in (Age 50)