Born in Texas, M.G. Wheaton worked in a factory assembling computers and servers before becoming a writer for magazines such as Total Film, Shivers, Fangoria, SFX, Dreamwatch, and several others. After leaving journalism, Wheaton worked as a screenwriter on films such as Friday the 13th and The Messanger; as well as a producer, comic book scribe, and video game writer. He is married to Lauren Kisilevsky and lives in Los Angeles.
