When I was six, I announced to my mom, "There's no such thing as time." News spread and Mom’s hippie friends started coming over to the house and asking me questions about the universe. From this promising beginning, I went on to be accused by teachers of smoking pot in the first, fifth, and ninth grades at three different schools in three different regions of the United States. Since these accusations stemmed not from Buddha Grass, but in fact from my own innate ability to zone out, I believe I was destined at birth to become a sci-fi writer!

Having emerged from my teen years with only two felonies on my record, I went on to study molecular biology at the University of Washington, worked at a DNA sequencing lab that helped sequence the human genome, and now presently work in the software industry.

Other than work, I spend time spacing out, snowboarding, writing, Dungeons and Dragons, playing board games with my 6 year-old son, programming, just about any water sport, hiking in the Pacific Northwest mountains, and spending time with my wife, two kids, and dogs.