Ian Copeland

Ian Copeland is a British technologist, futurist and author of the sci-fi thriller The Exodus Directive. With a degree in Computer Science specialising in Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing, he fuses real-world expertise with a philosophical eye on how progress reshapes humanity.

Born in Sunderland and raised in Reading , Ian’s love of narrative began early; at eight years old, he won an Eisteddfod for storytelling. Today, he leads a UK-based software company where he developed two world-first blockchain technologies.

Troubled by clichéd depictions of hostile AI, Ian writes to explore a more unsettling threat: the quiet crisis of human irrelevance. His debut asks what happens when progress solves everything, leaving us with nothing that matters.

A former professional wrestling trainee under WWE legend Walter ‘Killer’ Kowalski, Ian knows that every great story needs struggle and spectacle. Based in Reading, he is a skier, a football fan, a lapsed gamer and the proud owner of the same 1994 MKIV Toyota Supra driven by his protagonist.