The Fifth Dungeon

About Jake Maddox

Who is Jake Maddox? Athlete author world-traveler or all three? He has surfed in Hawaii scuba-dived in Australia and climbed the mountains of Peru and Alaska. His books range from the most popular team sports to outdoor activities to survival adventures and even to auto racing. His exploits have inspired numerous writers to walk in his footsteps literally! Each of his stories is stamped with teamwork fair play and a strong sense of self-worth and discipline. Always a team-player Maddox realizes it takes more than one man (or woman) to create a book good enough for a young reader. He hopes the lessons learned on the court field or arena and the champion sprinter pace of his books can motivate kids to become better athletes and lifelong readers. Fran Bueno is a comic artist with over twenty-five years of experience. He graduated in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid and has worked on a wide variety of projects since then illustrating for pamphlets advertisements childrens books and young adult comics. In addition he is an instructor at the O Garaxe Hermético Professional School of Comics where he teaches traditional inking and graphic skills. He lives in Santiago de Compostela Spain.