The Authors

Two friends, one world

The Lost Sigil began late one night with a single image — and a whiteboard filled, several times over, by two colleagues trading “what if.”

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Raymond Beckham

I live in the California Bay Area, between San Francisco and Sacramento, with my wife Ellie and our three boys. We started our I.T. company together over ten years ago.

At an early age I began to realize the power words had over my life. The art of storytelling had me entranced, and once I was exposed to it, it was never going to let go. One day on a long road trip with my family, I began writing a story — the process and creative energy were intoxicating. From then on I stole any extra time I could to write down new ideas for the stories I wanted to tell.

Having written dozens of partial stories and screenplays, along with hundreds of poems, I finally decided to take my craft to the next level. With Ellie’s encouragement, I began co-authoring my debut novel series, The Lost Sigil, with my friend and colleague, Darius Cook.

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Darius Cook

I’ve always had an interest in the arts. I took up singing and acting in high school; the writing of the plays spoke to me — it was an awesomely exciting time in my life.

When I first started writing, I began with poetry; little did I know it would be the start of something beautiful. Ever since high school I was influenced by several colleagues to pursue the arts, and that led me to further my creative writing. After my first several projects, I was hooked.

From the start of poetry to the end of my first book, I’ve always had a knack for writing. Being a nerd, I had a lot of alone time — so I used writing as my escape. Now there’s no looking back.

A Bit About Us

“Co-authoring is like banging two rocks together…

…then trying to make a new one from the rubble.”

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