Jake was born in sunny Queensland, Australia. Growing up, Jake devoured book after book, using them as a means to escape into fantastical worlds. The idea of Whisper of Shadows and Snakes came to Jake in 2008, when he was just fourteen. The book was then shelved, saved to a file on Jake’s computer for eleven years until 2019 when he decided to re-write it with a more mature take on the characters that had only ever existed in his mind.