Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles Series

Nick Eliopulos was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, where he grew up on a steady diet of super-hero comics and non-fiction books about alien abductions, psychic phenomena, and Sasquatch. Shortly after graduating, Nick moved to New York to work in publishing. In the course of his thirteen-year career as a children's book editor, he has had the opportunity to write for a number of licensed properties, from Thomas the Tank Engine to Minecraft to DC Super Friends. Nick currently lives in Brooklyn with his husband, a fellow editor, author, and Southern transplant. Mojang is a games studio based in Stockholm, Sweden and was founded in 2009 by Markus Persson and Jakob Porser. Persson is also the creator of Mojang's best-selling game to date: Minecraft. The alpha version of Minecraft was launched in 2009, and the official game went on sale in 2011. Since then, over 350 million copies have been sold, making it the best-selling video game of all time. In 2025, Minecraft hit the big screen in a new movie starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black.