Jasper Scott is a USA Today bestselling author and three-time Kindle all-star. With more than thirty sci-fi novels and over a million copies sold, Jasper's work has been translated into various languages and published around the world.

Jasper writes fast-paced books with unexpected twists and flawed characters. He was born and raised in Canada by South African parents, with a British heritage on his mother's side and German on his father's. He now lives in an exotic locale with his wife, their two kids, and two Chihuahuas.

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J. Daniel Batt serves as the Creative and Editorial Director for the 100 Year Starship and is the founder and organizer of the annual Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Writing. His novels include Onliest, Young Gods, and Dreamside and his short fiction has appeared in Perihelion, Bastion, Bewildering Stories, A Story Goes On, and other periodicals. He’s most recently edited the science fiction anthology Visions of the Future published through Lifeboat Foundation.

I received my undergraduate degree in 1977 from the University of Texas. I majored in Psychology with a minor in History. I then graduated from The University of Houston Law School with a JD in 1980. I have been a licensed attorney ever since and have spent my entire 40 years in litigation. I have tried to verdict over 150 cases. Starting as an Assistant District Attorney for Harris County, Texas, I handled everything from auto theft to capital murder. I left the DA’s office in 1985 and with my partner, Keith Hampton, we formed Hampton & Rawlings. We started as a criminal defense firm for the first six years. In 1991 I tried my first personal injury case and obtained a jury verdict of $1,061,000. We then spent the next 29 years focused primarily on obtaining economic justice for the injured and disabled. Since that time, Hampton & Rawlings has recovered many millions of dollars on behalf of our clients. It has been my honor to serve with my partner, Keith Hampton, for 34 years. I have written a total of four books, which are all available on Amazon Books. I have covered strategic foresight, law, and cryptocurrency. I have also penned three screenplays involving science fiction themes.

I am married to the love of my life and we have raised 5 wonderful children who are all educated and raising families of their own. My oldest son owns a successful barbershop in Santa Monica, California. My youngest daughter won the silver medal in the NCWA finals and was declared an All American. She was the first female wrestler to ever represent The University of Texas. My second youngest daughter serves in an artillery unit in the United States Army. She is presently assigned as a gunner on a multi rocket launcher and her unit was deployed on a forward operating base in Afghanistan. They were assigned as support for an elite Rangers Unit and she received a combat action badge for her participation on a rescue mission, the particulars of which I cannot make public. I am proud of all my children. I raised my girls to be warriors. It never occurred to me they would take it literally.

I have always been a thrill-seeker. For that reason, I have been a downhill snow skier, scuba diver (including wreck, cave, and night dives), and skydiver. I flew with the Texas Air Aces and engaged in mock aerial combat at 10,000 feet. I parachuted twice from 13,000 feet. I have played drums in various rock bands since the 1980s. My wife and I have run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain three times. Nearly gored twice. We returned to Texas, bruised, bloodied, but head unbowed. It is that same sense of adventure that I take into boththe courtroom and the crypto world. I first became aware of Bitcoin in July of 2017. It has started me on the adventure of a lifetime.

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What others are saying about Porup's books:

THE SECOND BAT GUANO WAR

"Absolutely insane. Very bitter, very real... Would love to see more stories like this."

"Don't go on this ride unless you're prepared to look into the abyss."

" Vulgar, obscene, repulsive, and just overall a very good story."

"What a great ride. Gritty and compelling!"

THE UNITED STATES OF AIR

"Had me laughing so hard that my stomach still hurts!"

"Porup takes a swipe at the war on terror in a manner that is original and avoids the blatantly obvious. It would be too easy for any writer approaching the same subject to employ a semi-realist Orwellian tone, but this novel takes the humorous low-road."

"Porup seamlessly addresses indefinite detention...The overrun surveillance state...The neverending War on Terror...And a frightening and ubiquitous NSA surveillance state that "wiretaps" your toilet instead of your phones."

"The puns also abound, as do the guilty giggles in this often excrement-strewn sleuther. A dark comedy."

FOOD-FREE AT LAST: HOW I LEARNED TO EAT AIR

"I laughed til tears rolled down my cheeks!"

"This diet has saved me so much money, I can now afford a bouncy castle in every room!"

"Great satirical book."

"I think I will get my Angel wings soon."

Jeremy's stories have appeared in Flash Fiction Online, and have been featured in several anthologies, including "Visions of the Future" from the Lifeboat Foundation. He was a round-of-ten finalist for the Amazing Stories inaugural Gernsback Contest. He writes from Toronto, Canada.