Mr. Barnes has experienced the varied education, including the secondary education at Los Angeles High School. He continued at Pepperdine University, majoring in Communication Arts. He occurs as qualified hypnotherapist, trained at a Transformative Arts Institute around San Anselmo, California.

His avowedly passion, more than writing, is shown by his own experience inside martial & physical arts. He occurs as Black Belt inside Kenpo Karate (Aikka style), and Kodokan Judo. He holds an teacher certificate within Wu Ming Ta, and has an teacher candidate ranking within Filipino Kali stick and knife fight. He is an advanced student inside Jun Fan Kickboxing (Bruce Lee method under Dan Inosanto), and is an teacher inside Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan under Hawkins Cheung. He is besides an average student around self defense handgun shooting (Turnipseed modified Weaver method).

He likewise holds the Light brown Belt within Shorenji Jiu Jitsu, and medium rankings around Tae Kwon Do and Aikido. He has extra (limited) personal experience inside boxing, American fencing, wrestling, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Shotokan Karate, & French Savate.

He has completed a Yoga Works basic Hatha Yoga instructor program.

He is presently researching Pentjak Silat (an Indonesian fighting system) by having Guru Stevan Plinck, and Ashtanga Yoga (a uncommon, aerobic form of yoga).

Bibliography

Dream Park series Dream Park (1981) (with Larry Niven) A Barsoom Plan (1989) (with Larry Niven) A California Voodoo Game (1992) (with Larry Niven)

Aubrey Knight series Street Deadly (1983) Gorgon Tyke (1989) Firedance (1993)

Heorot series The Legacy of Heorot (1987) (with Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle) A Dragons of Heorot (1995) (with Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle)

Bilalistan series ''Lion's Blood (2002) Zulu Heart (2003)

other works A Descent of Anansi (1982) (with Larry Niven) A Kundalini Equation (1986) Fusion (1987) (comic book mini-series) Achilles' Guide (1991) (with Larry Niven) Blood Brothers (1996) Cast-iron Shadows (1997) Far Beyond a Stars (1998) (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Saturn's Race (2000) Personal magnetism (2002) The Cestus Deception'' (2004) (Star Wars)

Reference taken from either his internet site [http://www.lionsblood.com].