Lovern Kindzierski lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lovern is regarded as one of comics' most influential award winning colorists, with multiple Eisner Award nominations and is also an inductee into the Joe Shuster Comic Book Awards Hall of Fame. Lovern is also a successful author, having written titles for Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics,Renegade Arts Entertainment and Heavy Metal Magazine, he is best-known for the acclaimed series of fantasy books about Shame for Renegade.