Jeremy Patenaude was the lead writer for the Halo franchise team at 343 Industries, where his duties involved writing miscellaneous fiction as well as managing the Halo universe continuity. He began at 343 Industries as a content creator for the Halo Waypoint team, authoring most of Waypoint’s fiction content and campaign gameplay videos. He also authored Halo: The Essential Visual Guide and he is one of three authors of Halo Mythos, alongside Jeff Easterling and Kenneth Peters. He lives in Orlando, Florida.