John Coutelier

John Coutelier studies psychology from his home in Hampshire, England. He grew up watching Star Trek and Doctor Who and early developed a keen interest in science, technology, the paranormal, myth, magic, dinosaurs, the great western railway, space and... a lot of things. More relevantly, he developed an interest in reading and in telling stories about all those things. While he now accepts that the ghost he saw in his cupboard once as a child may in fact have just been a coat on a hangar, his interest in story telling has never gone away.

These days, when not studying, he spends his time reading and listening to podcasts about science, playing video games, watching TV, reading fantasy and science-fiction novels... he's a nerd, basically. He pretends not to be sometimes, pointing out for example that he does not own a Star Fleet uniform. He does own a few Daleks, but those are just to keep his niece and nephews entertained when they visit. As are the Batman action figures. And the My Little Pony DVD's (seriously, those aren’t mine – they belong to my nephew).

His other hobbies include art, photography, long walks in the countryside, violin, and origami. At least it was until his pet hamster decided it could make something much better and shredded all of his books to make a bed.

That hamster is now dead (from natural causes). He now only keeps birds, away from his bookshelf.

He also comes from a large Irish family, most of whom he doesn't really know very well and tries to avoid as much as possible because they are all very silly and annoying.