Derek Künsken left molecular biology to work with street kids in Central America and eventually found himself working for the Canadian diplomatic world with refugees in Colombia. He now writes science fiction and fantasy in Gatineau, Québec. He has two published novels: The Quantum Magician and The Quantum Garden. He’s also creating comics. He has a YA webcomic called Briarworld at webtoon.com with artist Wendy Muldon, and a comic book version of “Franken-Puppy” on Comixology with artist Trevor Markwart in FLIP Vol 2.