John Robert Marlow

JOHN ROBERT MARLOW uses his middle name so google won’t confuse him with the attorney, the engineer, the gynecologist or the dead guy (to name a a few). He also doesn’t like referring to himself in the third person, so…

I was one of those kids who read under the blanket with a flashlight after bedtime. I don’t do that anymore, because the pages now glow by themselves, and no one can tell me when to go to bed (though maybe someone should). But I still read and watch—and, now, write—what I did then: science fiction and tech thrillers, and occasional nonfiction.

Which is good, because I’m told I have few practical skills aside, perhaps, from looking after dogs and keeping old (I prefer the term “classic”) 4WD vehicles running long after most of their kind have gone to that Great Junkyard in the Sky. My daily driver has 230k miles so far, but who’s counting.

I’ve written a bunch of nonfiction (one book, scads of articles and blog posts on various topics), and was once nominated for the Foresight Prize in Nanotechnology Journalism.

I’ve also written a number of screenplays over the years, and have no plans to stop.

But right now I’m doing novels and—readers willing—I’ll be writing ANIMA and other tales for years to come.

And who can write without mascots? They offer boundless encouragement in those critical early stages—as long as there are treats. So there's always a furry friend nearby…