David Keck grew up in Winnipeg, Canada. During his twenties, he picked up degrees in English literature, writing, and education. He has studied in rural England, taught in small town Canada, and now makes his home in New York City. The mass market edition of his first novel, In the Eye of Heaven, was released by Tor in the Spring of 2007. The follow-up novel, In a Time of Treason, hits shelves in February of 2008.