Simon Berman is a professional game writer, developer, and social media director. His work has been presented by several notable publishers. Somehow, Mr. Berman has managed to trick a number of people into paying him to write about wizards and zombies for a living. Since 2009 he has worked for Privateer Press in a dual capacity as the Community Coordinator managing Privateer's social media and online community and as a staff writer working on the award-winning WARMACHINE and HORDES miniature combat games, as well as the upcoming Iron Kingdoms Role-Playing Game. His evenings are spent writing for Unhallowed Metropolis, the gas-mask chic role-playing game of Neo-Victorian Horror. He is also working on several as yet unpublished but very weird personal projects. Mr. Berman enjoys the Seattle climate which he claims is conducive to both writing and alcoholism. He has been known to fly 1,500 miles to see Swedish musicians and prefers his beer to be Belgian. He currently resides on Capitol Hill in Seattle with a cat named Chud.