I've been looking beyond the horizon ever since I was a young lad growing up in the Mojave Desert, craning my neck to catch sight of fighter jets screaming overhead. I’ve spent my career putting the humanities at the heart of a technologically advanced future that preserves both the planet and human flourishing. I’ve also drawn on my second career as a military officer with overseas deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Pacific area of operations as I write my poetry and science fiction. Home base is in Southern California, but my wife and four kids are where my heart resides.