Robert V Aldrich was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1980. Growing up around the entire Southeast, with a short stint in Salt Lake City, Utah, he now calls Raleigh, North Carolina home. He was briefly educated at North Carolina State University before pursuing other educational avenues in Louisville, Kentucky and currently Johnson City, Tennessee. A passionate martial artist and toy collector, Aldrich spends most of his days torn between writing, training, and playing too many video games. 

Growing up on shows such as Transformers, Robotech, Voltron, and even the short-lived Dragon Warrior cartoon, Aldrich became a huge anime fan very early on. But while the remarkable story-telling and worlds of anime existed and endured through innumerable art forms, there was never any 'real' attempt at an original anime story within the literature world. Starting as a simple story to keep in touch with friends, Crossworld soon became the first anime-style novel published in the United States.

Taking inspiration from anime greats such as Yukito Kashiro andMasamune Shirow, as well as more traditional western writers like RobertHeinlein and Colleen Doran, Aldrich has fused the anime story-tellingstyle into western-style writing. With the rerelease of Crossworld, as well as the launch of the weekly serial Teach the Sky, Robert V Aldrich hopes to contribute to the anime world by leading the way for an anime genre of literature.