Geoffrey W. Cole's award-winning short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, EscapePod, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and various Year's Best anthologies. He is the 2016 winner of the Premis Ictineu for best story translated into Catalan. In 2023, he was nominated for the Aurora Award for both Best Short Story and Best Poem. He has worked as a rock and roll singer, a Segway tour leader in Rome, a grizzly bear caretaker, a Lego robotics instructor, and a municipal engineer. Cole has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, and degrees in biology and mechanical engineering from Queen's University. He lives with his wonderful wife, three sons, and giant hound in Oakville, Ontario.