Ayaan Pettus, a.k.a. Anthony Wayne Pettus, a San Francisco native, has led a storied life in and away from Los Angeles where he wrote and directed a science fiction feature titled MINDBENDERS in 2004. He also was the author and illustrator of the epic graphic novel, THE INHERITORS OF ENTOMO, which will be the prologue to a tetralogy of literary novels exploring the bizarre and magnificent world of Entomo starting with THE TORCHBEARER science fantasy literary novel in 2025 as well as taking us to the other side of the world to reveal a great civilization we never knew in a historical fiction novel titled SOJOURNER that will be released in 2024. Ayaan has many more worlds to create and explore and promises great surprises and thrills for his readers.