His initial plan was to pen a fantasy epic, but he scrapped that when he realized that he had no interest in writing long journeys by horseback. Rich began building the world for the Justice Keepers Saga at the age of 16. With a goofball sense of humor and an intense hatred for social hierarchies, he was the sort of young man who made waves everywhere he went, pissing off bullies and making friends with all sorts of geeks. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, and Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. Within six months of reading those series, he knew what he wanted to do with his life.Īn alumnus of Saltfleet District High School and McMaster University, Rich was known as a bit of an odd duck throughout his teenage years. He discovered a love of science-fiction and fantasy with J.R.R. Though he didn't know it at the time, he was a writer at the tender age of seven, acting out elaborate stories with his action figures. Rich Penney grew up in Southern Ontario, in the city of Stoney Creek.
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