Bradley C. Rader, Brad Rader for short, grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He started drawing men in sexual positions when he was still young, and burned most of his drawings out of fear of being found out. After his coming out, he submitted his work to several magazines and went on to become an acclaimed gay erotic illustrator. A selection of his work has been published in 'True Adult Fantasy', which includes a comic story. Brad Rader is also an Emmy award-winning animation director and storyboard artist. He has also done more mainstream work for Dark Horse ('The Mark') and DC ('Batman Adventures').