Brian Niemeier

Brian Niemeier is an American novelist best known for writing a series of very popular science fiction horror titles. The author spent his childhood in Peoria, Illinois before he proceeded to attend Bradley University, Peoria where he graduated with a bachelor. He would then attend the Franciscan University of Steubenville, from where he got his Master of Arts degree. As a child, he had always been interested in science fiction and spent a lot of time in high school reading science and fantasy fiction literature and media. He would watch live action television series, animated programs, movies, paper and pen RPGs, video games, Japanese and American comic books, and read many novels, which further cemented his interest in the genre. Comparing it to Frank Morris’s escape from Alcatraz, Brian asserts that his reading and indulgence in SFF media and literature coalesced his ideas that he finally compiled into his Soul Cycle series of novels. However, even as he had much interest in literary creativity he spent a lot of time dabbling on world building, building homemade models, and writing notes for over a decade before he took the plunge. It was after failing to express his ideas in model and world building that he decided to put his work on paper. He finished writing his first novel which was a monster at over 300, 000 words, but got distracted and went back to school, after which he started bouncing around in all kinds of odd jobs. It was only when his mother suggested he sell his draft to a publisher that he knew he had something good, as “Nethereal”, his first novel published in 2015 went on to become a fan favorite.