Justin Richards is the author of over a dozen genre and sf novels, as well as non-fiction books, audio scripts, and television. He has edited anthologies of short stories, been a technical writer, founded and edited a media journal, and contributed articles to many mainstream magazines.

On the technical side, Justin worked for IBM for nearly fourteen years, where he architected and designed numerous software products. He spent several years working on a project to define the way in which people will interact with computers in the next millennium, and is pleased to see many of his predictions coming true. Justin has been granted more than half a dozen patents and has published many technical papers. He also spent time reporting to a Vice President and authoring IBM’s corporate strategies for both Human Computer Interaction and Ease of Use.

Biography provided by the author, November 2004.

Justin now writes and edits full time. He also acts as Creative Director to BBC Worldwide’s range of Doctor Who books, advising on commissioning and editing of all the corporation’s Doctor Who titles (over a dozen titles a year).