He has written many notable novels and has done collaborations with Bram Stoker Award winners Mike Oliveri and Brian Keene.
Ellen Datlow has listed his works in her "Recommended Reads" in her annual Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthologies.
Born in Inglewood, California, Jesus Gonzalez was raised in the nearby suburb of Gardena.
Following graduation from high school, in 1982, he attended college, and then dropped in and out for the next several years before quitting for good in 1986.
He has been a file clerk, a warehouse worker, a word processor, a computer graphic artist, a magazine editor, a freelance writer, an advertising copywriter, a secretary/administrative assistant, a database administrator, a web master, and an IT Help Desk technician.