Russell Klyford is a pseudonym. The actual person behind Russell Klyford is a humanist and egalitarian who has a hopeful outlook for our species and creates science fiction as a means to understand, explore and comment on society, economics, politics and international relations. He currently lives with his wife in Canberra, Australia surrounded by his small native plant garden and enjoys stand-up comedy, bushwalking and chocolate piccolo lattes (AKA piccolo mochas).