Charles O'Donnell writes thrillers with high-tech themes in international and futuristic settings. His works include THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE (Matt Bugatti #1), an espionage thriller; MOMENT OF CONCEPTION (Matt Bugatti #2), a political and medical thriller; and the SHREDDED trilogy, SHREDDED, SHADE, and UNIVIRTUAL, a cautionary tale about the potential for technology to either augment reality or to replace it entirely, and the erosion of privacy in a world in which everything is shared online, and nobody reads the terms and conditions.Charles's short stories have also appeared in a number of literary journals, including the Dark Ink Press Fall 2018 Anthology, Dreamer's Creative Writing Year 1 Anthology, Carcosa Magazine, and the Esthetic Apostle, among others.Charles lives with Helen, his wife and life partner in Westerville, Ohio.