Jared Garrett is a family man, husband, full-time dad, podcaster, voiceover and audiobook artist, public speaker, game show champion, and the author of contemporary fiction for all ages. At age 17, he escaped from an end-times cult and has worked as a firefighter, BBQ chef, cowboy theater actor, worldwide corporate trainer, adjunct faculty, and a bellman. After designing training solutions, technology, and curriculum for Amazon, American Express, and BYU, he now works from home. He has published 13 books since 2014. He writes speculative fiction under the penname Gerry Ironspear.