Park Cooper was born in Texas, where he currently resides, after a period of time living in Kent, Ohio, where he got his Ph.D. in literature. He writes with his wife Barbara Lien-Cooper at their creative studio Wicker Man Studios, LLC, and together they have written comic books and graphic novels, including HALF DEAD, a creator-owned vampire graphic novel that was published jointly by Marvel Comics and Dabel Brothers Productions. (He also helped write one very short tale for his wife's digital comic, GUN STREET GIRL, drawn by Ryan Howe.) While co-writing a manga project for Tokyopop shortly before that company's exit from the field, he and Barbara switched to also editing and adapting manga, such as V. B. ROSE for Tokyopop, NORA for Viz Media, and many, many more. Then Park and Barbara started writing prose novels, such as the series SONG TO THE SIREN (suburban folk horror) and THE TALKING CURE (a very-slow-burn paranormal romance). However, their graphic novels have had a renaissance, as two successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaigns brought back GUN STREET GIRL (this time in color), and the spooky samurai book HUNGRY GHOSTS and the similar-but-different prose novel HUNGRY GHOSTS: THREE ONI OF BLOOD. Park teaches English classes at a college in Austin, Texas.
