Jacob Gamber grew up in Araluen, Alagaësia and Fablehaven, and spent the remainder of his childhood in rural Pennsylvania, telling stories to sheep. When the time came to embark on his own journey to a fantasy world, he botched it thoroughly several times and eventually got a full-time factory job. Presently, he lives in eastern Ohio with his wife and child. He enjoys music, role-playing games and puzzles, and is reportedly allergic to bad love triangles.
Jacob Gamber enjoys writing Fantasy and Science Fiction—usually erring on the side of Fantasy. As a Christian writer, he likes to uphold traditional values and biblical morality on the broad scale, but his stories are not allegorical and are mostly mainstream. He aims to challenge teen and adult readers with thought-provoking concepts and situations that could only arise in Fantasy, but without all the graphic content and tenuous morality commonplace in today’s literature.
Early inspirations include C.S. Lewis, Brandon Mull, John Flanagan, Rick Riordan, Brian Jacque, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, to name a few. For more things writing-related, you can check out his personal blog, The Idea Engine, or subscribe to his monthly newsletter. His fantasy web novel, Tales from the Earthen Sky, can be found there or on Royal Road.
His YA sci-fantasy debut, Mani, was released Sept. 23, 2024, followed by Book Two, Gaea, on March 18, 2025. Book Three, Luna, releases in 2026.