Joseph Staten is a bestselling American author born in San Francisco, California. The son of a theologian, Staten originally planned on becoming an actor, but dropped the idea in college. He instead pursued a number of jobs before becoming a staff member at game developer Bungie in 1998 after meeting some of the developers in online Myth matches.
at Bungie, Staten served as director of cinematics for the studio's games, including the Halo series; he would write mission scripts and film dialogue for the titles. He has also been involved in managing the expansion of the Halo franchise to other game studios and producers, including Peter Jackson's Wingnut Interactive. Though not a released writer previously, Tor Works approached Staten to write the fifth Halo novelization, Halo: Contact Harvest. Published in 2007, the novel reached #3 on The New York Times bestseller list in the first week of its release and received positive reviews. Staten's current project is an as-yet unannounced, Non-halo game.
Joseph Staten
