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a creative industrialist

I’m the author of Moonbound, Sourdough, and Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, pub­lished by FSG in the United States, Tokyo Sogensha in Japan, and many others around the world. I am also … 

• founder of Penumbra Print Shop, a stationery company
• co-founder of Fat Gold, a producer of California extra virgin olive oil
• creator of this app, this e-book template, etc.

My newsletter goes out every 29 ½ days. It ranges widely, across books and media and modern life, and I always try to make it feel like a note from a friend:

My blog is about media and technology, cre­ative computing, AI aesthetics, & more. Basically, it’s devoted to the topics that are too nerdy for my newsletter.

I’ve pub­lished a lot of mate­rial across a few dif­ferent internet eras. Here’s a direc­tory of what’s avail­able on this web­site and elsewhere.

This web­site was most recently updated on June  3, 2026.

If you’re here because you are curious about my writing and/or thinking, I encourage you to start with my novels. They’re avail­able wher­ever books can be pur­chased or borrowed. The audio­book edi­tions are great, too.

Thanks for stop­ping by!