Leigh Ronald Grossman is a writer, college lecturer, editor, and book production expert with more than 20 years of experience as a publishing professional. He is the president of Swordsmith Productions, a book development and book production company, and taught publishing, writing, science fiction, and fantasy at the University of Connecticut for more than 15 years. Grossman is the author of 15 published books, and has reviewed books for several magazines. Previously, he was the Pre-Press Production supervisor at Avon Books, an editor at Byron Preiss Visual Publications/Multimedia, and a college-level history and writing instructor. He lives in northeast Connecticut, within about an hour of Boston, Providence, and Hartford.