Glen Cook is the author of dozens of novels of fantasy and science fiction, including The Black Company, The Garret Files, Instrumentalities of the Night, and the Dread Empire series. Cook was born in 1944 in New York City. He attended the Clarion Writersβ Workshop in 1970, where he met his wife, Carol. βUnlike most writers, I have not had strange jobs like chicken plucking and swamping out health bars. Only full-time employer Iβve ever had is General Motors.β He currently makes his home in St. Louis, Missouri.