About

Published Author -- The Leader and the 1st 10 pages of Essex placed first in their respective categories of the 2024 Southwest Writers Contest. The anthology, Mosaic Voices, published by Southwest Writers, includes these pieces and is available in paperback on Amazon.
Writer, technical -- 45 papers and articles on global energy, EV charging infrastructure, and air quality
Musician -- French horn, trumpet, didgeridoo, piano
Carver -- Wood (New Mexico mesquite, Tasmanian myrtle and huon pine, Arizona ironwood), Rock (agate, obsidian, petrified wood)
Travel -- Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica, South America, Canada, US
Chemical Engineer -- Electric vehicles and chargers, power electronics, renewables, boiler manufacturing, oil refining, engineering design. 30 years as project manager, group manager, business development, and program management.

Engineer -- Developed Transition Orthogonal Phase Space (TOPS) technology (instantaneous travel through space). Later found this was a variation of void access, which comes with penalties.
Major Battles -- Saved Earth in Abbot's Solution. Saved the universe in Arbiter's Game.
Famous Relatives -- Father of Upstart, grandfather of Abby.

Judge -- Presided over many, many god games, including Ningishzida v Crystal.
Major Battles -- Saved the universe in Arbiter's Game. Appears in the God Games and Essex novels.

AI Specialist -- Developed Essex, SY, and EssenZ machine intelligence platforms.
Pianist and Composer -- World class pianist, composed approximately 400 piano concertos and sonatas.
Major Battles -- Saved Earth in Essex. Saved Earth in SY. Saved the universe in EssenZ and TenCon.

Machine Intelligence Specialist (like her mom, Emma) -- Hates yoga.
Major Battles -- Helped save Earth in Essex, SY, and EssenZ. Became a Player in TenCon.

Accountant, retired -- Past member of Mensa.
Travel -- Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Canada, US . . .
Famous Relative -- Botsford, wife of.