Robert J. Sawyer is the author of Flashforward, winner of the Aurora Award and the basis for the ABC television series. He is also the author of the WWW series—Wake, Watch and Wonder —Hominids, Calculating God, Mindscan, and many other books. He has won the Hugo, Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial awards—making him one of only seven writers in history to win all three of science-fiction's top awards for best novel. He was born in Ottawa and lives in Mississauga, Ontario.