"Jon Evans seems to spend most of his time backpacking in places (Zimbabwe, the Balkans, Iraq) that even the most intrepid of us tend to avoid. Evans also finds time to write strong, politically motivated thrillers." - Chicago Tribune

Jon Evans is a novelist, journalist, adventure traveller, and software engineer. His novels have won an Arthur Ellis Award and praise from The Economist, The Times, and The Washington Post. His graphic novel The Executor will be published in May 2010 by Vertigo Crime.

Jon has also written for Wired, Reader's Digest, The Walrus, and The Globe & Mail. He blogs for Wired UK, The Guardian, and tor.com, and writes about technology in the developing world for Maisonneuve. He also Twitters.

Jon's "children's book for grown-ups" Beasts of New York, an epic Homeric-quest novel about a squirrel in New York City, is available online - for free, in its entirety - at beastsofnewyork.com.