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nuremberg , germany 150px 15 july 1982 fantasy 's literature , science fiction , young-adult fiction , children jeffsampson.png jeff sampson
 jeff sampson young adult and children 's author
jeff sampson

jeff sampson is a young adult and children 's author .
he was born on a u.s. military base in nuremberg , germany on july 15 , 1982 .
he started writing professionally at age eighteen .
his first books were packaged series fiction .
when sampson was twenty-two , he had his first novel published as part of the dragonlance series of fantasy novels .
he since went on to write many original young adult and children 's series , including monster slayers under the pen name lukas ritter for wizards of the coast ; deviants for balzer + bray , an imprint of harpercollins children 's books ; and the last dogs under the pen name christopher holt for little , brown books for young readers .
jeff sampson currently lives in seattle , washington in the united states .
