Mark Ferguson

I was born in Kingston, Ontario. Writing novel-length stories about demonic paperboys and weaponized leprosy since the age of 15, science fiction with a strong dose of horror is my primary interest, and a passion for real-world science and engineering has endured. I was degreed at the University of Waterloo in the field of nanotechnology engineering, and can sometimes be found working in a clean room in a full-body ‘bunny suit’, making incredibly tiny and fragile devices. I am presently pursuing a PhD at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec.

Stephen King made me want to be a novelist; George Carlin and other comedians made me want to be funny, and true. I feel that my professional training gives me an advantage in maintaining the suspension of disbelief in regards to the science and technology described within my stories, and my temptation is to over-explain. As an author of fiction I have brute-forced myself to some level of quality, having finally written such releasable works as Terra Incognita and The Council of Larry. I am currently developing an extension of the multiverse initiated in TI, a novel called Zenith.