Lloyd has an MA degree from Stanford University in Public Affairs Communication. His career spans corporate communication, academia, magazine publishing, and educational software development. His works include Aya Takeo, a three-volume manga for young adults; two novels, Freein' Pancho and The Gospel of Ashes; a technical programming book, Build It with Nitrogen: the Fast Off the Block Web Framework; and more than 25 educational computer software products for major publishers.

Lloyd lives in a mixed eastern white pine and northern red oak forest four miles from the Atlantic Ocean in a town noted for saltwater marshes. He spends winter months in a small coastal village on the Gulf of California side of Baja California Sur, Mexico. He hopes that forests, oceans, marshes, and the scenic vistas of Baja provide future generations with as much joy as they give him