Raised by an English major and a professor of English literature, then going on to get an engineering degree and be a general geek-of-many things, Piloter has been writing since grade school and butchering the Queen's tongue in pursuit of a particular flow of communication to the present day. Sadly, he takes great pleasure in expanding and melding already-existing worlds in all art forms (be they photomanipulation or the written word) and is thus called an art thief by some and a competent synthesizer by others. Then there are those who simply call him nuttier than an outhouse rat, a comment which personal acquaintance generally seems to corroborate.