Justin is a native of Butte, Montana. 

He received his master's degree in education at the University of Montana before teaching high school English and theater in Helena, Montana for four years. He then moved to Los Angeles to earn an MFA from UCLA.

Going through a sort-of-unplanned nomadic stage, Justin has lived in five states in the last five years: California, Montana, Arizona, Oregon, and now Utah. 

Justin continues to write novels and screenplays, along with produce film and TV projects.