BIOGRAPHY

Mark L. Van Name is a writer, technologist, and spoken word performer.  As a science fiction author, he has published five novels (One Jump Ahead, Slanted Jack, Overthrowing Heaven, Children No More, and No Going Back), as well as an omnibus collection of his first two books (Jump Gate Twist); edited or co-edited three anthologies (Intersections:  The Sycamore Hill Anthology, Transhuman, and The Wild Side), and written many short stories.  Those stories have appeared in a wide variety of books and magazines, including Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, many original anthologies, and The Year's Best Science Fiction.  

As a technologist, he is the CEO of a fact-based marketing and technology assessment firm, Principled Technologies, Inc., that is based in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.  He has worked with computer technology for his entire professional career and has published over a thousand articles in the computer trade press, as well as a broad assortment of essays and reviews. 

As a spoken word artist, he has created and performed three shows—Science Magic Sex; Wake Up Horny, Wake Up Angry; and Mr. Poor Choices—and also frequently leads humor panels at SF conventions.