Good story, but you can tell he's a Brit writing a story set in the US. Lots of funny inconsistences.
Wonder what kind of game it'll be.
He actually was borned in the US, moved to the UK at the age of 1 and went back to the US after getting a PhD in Mathematics to work on "a variety of research projects including the 'Star Wars' missile defence programme". Back in the UK he has worked mainly in "image processing and decission /reasoning theory". That's from one of his books.
The wikipedia also says he worked as " a research scientist in the field of artificial intelligence. He has held secret level clearance with both US and UK governments"
He took some night classes in creative writing when he was working in the US and the next is history
Edit: He has 2 trilogies, The Broken Empire (which it was considered one of the pinnacles of "Grimdark Fantasy" when it came out), and the Red Queen's War (based on the same world, with a more light-hearted tone. I recommend ppl to start with this.)
He just started a new Trilogy based om a different world that is equally fantastic. I dare to say better as you can see his prose improving as he takes more "literary risks" in this one