The Life and Death of Fortune Cookie Tyrant — Dean Wesley Smith

When destined to rule the world, you must always be cautious when looking for more power.

Steven, soon be known as Fortune Cookie Tyrant, hoped to find even more power and fortune by looking in the same place he first found his luck, fortune, and ability to rule.

But sometimes the best cookie brings more than just a fortune.

Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than one hundred popular novels and hundreds of published short stories. His novels include the science fiction novel Laying the Music to Rest and the thriller The Hunted as D.W. Smith. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom.

He writes under many pen names and has also ghosted for a number of top bestselling writers.

Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.

Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. He is now an executive editor for Fiction River.

Currently, he is writing thrillers and mystery novels under another name.