Author, filmmaker, poet, biker, Travis Heermann has been a writer for over twenty years. In 2022, his film production company Bear Paw Films premiered its horror-comedy short "Demon for Hire," which he wrote, produced, and directed, and will have its World Premiere at this year's H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. His screenplays have won numerous laurels at film festivals and competitions over the last few years.

He is also a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, an Active member of SFWA and the HWA, and the author of the Shinjuku Shadows series, Ronin Trilogy, and other novels. His more than thirty short stories appear in Amazing Monster Tales, Apex Magazine, Tales to Terrify, and others.