Firesmith

Donald Firesmith is a prize-winning author of speculative fiction including The Secrets of Hawthorne House (teen paranormal urban fantasy), the Hell Holes series (alien invasion science fiction), and Magical Wands: A Cornucopia of Wand Lore (fantasy). Named a Distinguished Engineer by the Association of Computing Machinery, he is also the author of 7 technical books in system and software engineering. His most recent nonfiction book is The Simulation Theory of Consciousness (or Your Autonomous Car is Sentient). In his spare time, he crafts one-of-a-kind jeweled magic wands.