Eugen Bacon is African Australian, a computer scientist ment­ally re-engineered into creative writing. Shes the author of Claiming T-Mo by Meerkat Press and Writing Speculative Fiction by Red Globe Press, Macmillan. Eugens work has won, been shortlisted, longlisted or com­mended in national and international awards, including the Bridport Prize, Copyright Agency Prize, Australian Shadows Awards, Ditmar Awards and Nommo Award for Speculative Fiction by Africans.