David B. Coe is an American fantasy author who holds a PhD in US history from Stanford University. He is the author of several epic fantasy series, including the Crawford Award-winning LonTobyn Chronicle. In Knightfall: The Infinite Deep, he writes an original tie-in novel for the Knightfall television series, chronicling the adventures of the Knights Templar after the Fall of Acre as they escape across the Mediterranean and face pirates and Mamluk warriors.