Ashwin Sunder was born and raised in India. His father is a military medic and his mother is a maths teacher. He came to the US to study, and obtained a Masters from Washington University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon. Along the way he toyed with becoming a wilderness paramedic or a forest ranger before eventually settling on a career in technology. He has worked for some of the most iconic firms in the world, including Apple and Google. In his spare time he trains jiu jitsu and muay thai, unicycles, juggles, travels, and is currently trying to learn his sixth language. Ashwin resides in Northern California with his family. Fear of Dreaming is his first full-length novel, which combines his passions of mixed martial arts, the future of humanity, and ethics.