Biography

Alexander Dundass was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada in 1972.  He grew up next to a dairy and sheep farm, where he worked for 10 years during high school and his undergraduate years at university.  Attempting to get into Veterinary Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College, Alex eventually fell to the dark side and switched into chemistry; sneaking through the back door by declaring it a minor.  Graduating with a major biological sciences, minor chemistry in 1996, Alex pursued a Masters in Inorganic Chemistry1997, and 1.5 years later, went into a PHD in Physical/Analytical/Inorganic Chemistry.  He completed his time at the University of Guelph in 2005 by successfully defending his PH.D thesis.  While finishing his PH.D, Alex was a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo before taking on his current job at McMaster University in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
Alex has been influenced by many writers, including Stephen King for his Dark Tower Series, Paul O. Williams who wrote the Pelbar Cycle, Isaac Asimov, well his Robots, Empire and Foundation Series were all brilliant, and their timeline a true influence on the extent of Alex's timeline in his overall story.  Many days have been taken up reading other authors such as Clive Cussler, Neil Stephenson and Brian Aldiss to name a few.
Alex currently lives in Guelph, Ontario Canada, and often tours the Niagara Wine region, stopping at many of the smaller wineries that are not in the local liquor stores; his friends often line up for his wine tours of the best the region has to offer.  His hobbies include learning to play the acoustic guitar, writing of course, collecting skulls (he has an extensive collection), collecting butterflies, gardening and doing the odd general contracting with a good friend,  and even computer repair and network setup, just for fun.
Often while writing, Alex is sipping a gin and tonic or scotch and listening to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, as well as Queen for good measure.  It all helps to get the creative juices flowing