Rob Swigart is the author of eight novels and several hypertext fiction projects, including Downtime Interactive, a cyber-noir fiction collection published by Eastgate, and About Time, viewable at www.wordcircuits.com/gallery/abouttime, and Upsizing the Individual in the Downsized Organization, co-authored with Bob Johansen. Rob holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo.