Novelist; game designer; three walks a day, five cups of tea; audiobooks at 60% speed for falling asleep; onion soup with gruyere toast; year of the rooster; tonic water with a dash of bitters; the panache of Tin Tin; devourer of figs; bridge dabbler; intrigued by the Byzantine Empire; Milo van Orient and Naomi Tonlivre; fan of fungi; the only correct utilitarian; botanical garden wanderer; gimmick appreciator; loathed by owls.