S. Andrew Swann is the pen name of Steven Swiniarski. He has published 17 novels since 1993 that have run the gamut from a libertarian space opera to a depression-era horror novel to a contemporary urban fantasy series about local Cleveland politics. His novel Profiteer (the first volume of the Hostile Takeover Trilogy) was nominated for a 1996 Promethus Award.  His Moreau Omnibus was a finalist for a 2003 Ursa Major Award.He’s married and lives in the Greater Cleveland area where he has lived all of his adult life.  He has a background in mechanical engineering and— besides writing— works as a computer systems analyst for one of the largest private child services agencies in Northeast Ohio.