Ron Garner is the CEO of Silence in the Library Publishing, a small press specializing science fiction and fantasy and dedicated to changing the relationship between publishers, authors, and readers. He  grew up in Vicksburg, Mississippi, but spent thirteen years of his life moving around the country in various billets as an officer in the United States Marine Corps before becoming a publisher. He holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and a Juris Doctorate from UNC-Chapel Hill. He spends way too much of his time running foot races around the country and building things that are of questionable use. Ron currently resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife and his frighteningly confident teenage daughter.