(Image Credits: Gage Skidmore) ----- Ernest Christy Cline is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is known for his novels Ready Player One, a New York Times and USA Today Bestseller and Armada, which debuted #4 on NYT Bestseller list; he also co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. Cline grew up addicted to video games and movies, especially Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons and spent the early years of his career working in information technology. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.