Gary Hauger has been an avid fantasy reader since discovering Weis & Hickman’s DragonLance Chronicles at the age of fifteen. Throughout the years he met these and other authors and everyone was full of encouragment. Finally, at the tender age of forty, he has embarked on his Fantasy writing career with "The Hidden World" project. Gary has also written several screenplays in the Horror, Western, Sci-Fi, and Detective Drama genres. Recently, he has also co-written a full length sci-fi novel called “FutureCast” under the pen name Andrew J. Laurette which is available for Kindle and in Trade paperback at Amazon.com.