The Authors

Allan Krummenacker

I was born and raised on Long Island New York. As a child I was always a dreamer and a lover of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror. Some of my favorite all time TV shows (which I still love and watch) are the original Dark Shadows, the original Twilight Zone series, Doctor Who, and original The Outer Limits.



In 1985 I came to California where I fell in with a great crowd of Dr. Who fans who introduced me to Sci-Fi Conventions and other clubs. I also met my wife Helen there. Together, we got into costuming and attending conventions. At the conventions I learned a great deal from authors, actors, and people working in the special effects. All these experiences helped fire my imagination even more, so I began writing short fan-fic stories for the club newsletters. 



During this time I was a Realtor when the bubble burst and my career began falling apart. To keep myself from falling into depression I began doing fanfic pieces based on some of my favorite gothic and sci-fi shows. But soon I found myself coming up with completely new stories and ideas, that were so far removed from the shows I realized I'd created something new and original. 

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With Helen's guidance and her vast knowledge of science and fiction, we repopulated my writings with new characters and situations and thus the Para-Earth Series was born.  

Helen Krummenacker

Formerly, Helen Henry, is a native of California. My most joyful and creative days are those when a cool marine layer off the Monterey Bay stimulates my mind and body (as asthma and fibromyalgia are problems). However, I began writing as a girl growing up in the hot Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley. Back then I mostly wrote short stories and poems, generally published without pay in small zines.

But my creativity did not stop there. I started creating visual art, which I began entering into local shows where they took more than a few awards. I currently sell art at my online gallery located at: 

http://fineartamerica.com/artists/helen+krummenacker

More recently my focus had been on math and science as I returned to school to earn a bachelor's degree in math. According to my family, I now put the math in "polymath", a term that readily describes my wide range of interests. But now I bring all these skills and real world science to the shared science fiction into the Para-Earth series. I had already been Allan's constant advisor in the first two books, but now I have taken up sharing the keyboard with him and together we will take you to places and show you wonders you've never seen before.