Walter H. Hunt has been writing for most of his life, both professionally as a technical writer in the software industry and as an author of fiction. In 2001, his first novel, The Dark Wing, was published by Tor Books; the second book in the series, The Dark Path, was published in 2003. The third book in the series, The Dark Ascent, was published in 2004, followed by the fourth book, The Dark Crusade, in 2005. All four of these books have been published in German by Random House/Heyne. He is also a contributor to the anthology Hal's Worlds (ed. Shane Tourtellotte), dedicated to the late Hal Clement, with his first published short story, "Extended Warranty," drawn from the Dark Wing universe. In 2008 his first novel beyond the Dark Wing universe, A Song In Stone, was published by Wizards of the Coast as a part of their new Discoveries imprint. Current projects include an alternate history novel set in the middle 18^th century, a book on mesmerism in the Victorian age, and a sequel to A Song In Stone that will answer some questions and ask some others.

He has a background in history, with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and he speaks two other languages (German and Spanish). A member of the Masonic Fraternity, Walter H. Hunt has served as Master of two different Lodges in Massachusetts. He is a devoted baseball fan and board gamer; his first published game is scheduled for a 2010 release by Rio Grande Games. He has been married for more than half of his life, and he and his wife have one daughter who is a product of their affection and their unusual joint sense of humor.