Cooper has published short stories, humor pieces and essays in a variety of magazines, as well as a book of nonfiction humor with Penguin. In addition to The Queen’s Assassin the author has published a zany character novel, Tex, an experimental novel about Internet travel, Mister Right, a satire titled The President’s Dilemma, and a mystery, Who Killed Colleen? Cooper graduated from the University of California-Berkeley and now lives in Colorado.