Peter Watts

Peter Watts is a Canadian marine mammal biologist and science fiction author, and according the American Department of Homeland Security a convicted terrorist/felon. Watts got his BSC and MSC from the University of Guelph Ontario in 1980 and 1983 respectively. He would study for his PhD in the Resource Ecology and Department of Zooogy of the University of British Columbia in 1991. Watts has won many awards for his science fiction work as well as several in video documentary and marine mammal research. According to his official autobiography, Watts spent a decade learning about marine mammal Eco physiology and another decade practicing what he had learned, before selling out to special interest groups. During the nineties, he went from defending marine mammals on the behalf of the animal welfare movement, and then moved to supporting the US fishing industry. He would eventually decide that since he was selling a lot of fictional science, maybe he would be better off making a career out of it, rather than just selling to the Journal of Theoretical Biology. Given his wide experience in the scientific field, he could throw up characters and plot lines and write scientific novels. Most of his novels contain extensive technical biographies that are a remnant of his days in academia. He wrote the first work “Starfish”, a short story that was the first of the highly successful Rifters Trilogy. He is married to Caitlin Sweet, a fellow Canadian writer.