About the Author

Charlie Pedersen emerged from the executive ranks of information technology, finance and the aerospace private sector to write genre-blend novels that tackle contemporary issues, placing them in a world of international suspense and science fiction . With a broad background that includes working with the Apollo Lunar module systems and the creation of what is now America's largest Automated Teller Network, the Star System, he was able to achieve a clear understanding of the human and organizational dynamics necessary to effect significant large-scale change.
 
You’ll find his work committed to be: a compelling read, prepared to take you to
a new level of knowledge, with plenty of appendices to support his ideas and genre, and committed to precision in information. His genre is science faction : the line between fact and fiction traveled by the reader’s imagination. He’s drawn to people who think “outside the building”(quote from Mario Van Peeples), thus his fascination with quantum science and global challenges.
 
A native New Yorker, and a “native Californian”, splitting his life on both coasts, the last 12 years in Huntington Beach (the true Surf City), California. Married, with four boys, Charlie is a world traveler, most recently on a National Geographic tour to Antarctica. His depictions of the San Francisco bay area, New York City, and worldwide locations are factually and graphically accurate, albeit in a fiction context

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