Aaron Powers was born and raised in central Nebraska. He graduated from Holdrege High School in 2003, and received his Bachelor’s degree in English: Writing and Literature from Wayne State College in Wayne, NE in 2007. After moving to Massachusetts following college, Aaron worked as a design and editorial assistant in Boston until 2010.

Moving to Loveland, Colorado in 2010, Aaron worked as a freelance writer and editor, and published his first novel, Children of Light: Book One: The Silver-Haired Boy, in 2014. His first comic book story was featured in Front Range Tales, Volume 1 in 2018. His first independent comic book, Barren Fragments, was published in 2020, along with a pulp short story in Airship 27’s Dan Fowler G-Man: Volume Three. He is currently working on the second book in the Children of Light series, along with several comic book stories. He loves traveling, writing, watching movies, reading comic books, watching college football (Go Huskers!) playing video games, and drinking craft beer.