Lyle Nicholson was born in British Columbia, Canada. He is the youngest of three sons, born to a father who was a cook, and a mother who was a waitress.His father, who died when Lyle was 15, was a storyteller and an avid reader, something that Lyle adopted at an early age and never forgot. His life would lead him to travels in Europe, then 5 years in a Monastery. He found he was not a good Monk, as poverty was easy - it was the chastiy and obedience that was a bit of a stumbling block.He left the Monastery in 1979,and met and married his wife in 1982. He would spend a few years working for companies, getting fired, starting business's that failed, until he finally started his own sales agency that was a success. He retired in 2011.Retirement didn't work for Lyle. His ambition was always to write. His first Novella, Dolphin Dreams, a mix of fantasy and Mayan Myth was published in 2012. His Novels Polar Bear Dawn and Pipeline Killers, a mix of science fiction mixed with black humor were published in 2013, and 2014.Lyle now resides in a small city in western Canada where he continues to write his fiction and mysteries with a twist.