Greg Klerkx is a writer and educator who began his career as a journalist in southern California, where he won awards for feature, commentary, and investigative writing. A former senior manager of the SETI Institute, his 2004 book Lost in Space made the ‘best of’ lists in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Independent and his writing about the business of human spaceflight and other science topics have appeared in New Scientist magazine, Aeon, the Sunday Telegraph Magazine, Evening Standard, publications by the think-tank DEMOS, and the New York Times. He also works with teachers and young people to develop writing and storytelling skills. Greg lives in London with his family.