Lloyd R. Prentice has written and produced more than 100 software products for major publishers.

His first novel, Freein' Pancho, will soon be published by Writers Glen Publications. His second novel, The Gospel of Ashes, a suspense/thriller, is in revision. He's hard at work on his third novel, El Tiburon, also a suspense/thriller.

Aya.Takeo is his first manga.

Lloyd worries about global warming, species extinction, weapons of mass destruction, and people with non-evidence-based belief systems.

He loves reading, movies, computers, snorkeling, Baja California, his wife Laurie, and his two awesome children.

Lloyd believes that animé and manga are profoundly expressive media for our age.