Lee A Powell

Lee Powell is an Australian author who writes two kinds of books: field guides for the systems people get trapped in. Novels for the ones they imagine. The nonfiction maps the rooms people live inside before they can see them: the closed-loop relationship, the life that runs without its owner. The fiction opens a door out of the world entirely, for a while.

The paint comes first. The books are what is left when it dries.

Before returning to books, he built software used by writers worldwide, including Scrivener and Scapple for Windows. He holds an MSc in Software Engineering from the University of Oxford. His artworks are held in private collections in Australia, the United States, and Europe.

Lee is married, has four adult children who have moved from daily maintenance into remote technical support, and lives in Melbourne.