Kate Baucherel writes near-future cybercrime novels, short stories that range from humorous sci-fi to dystopian visions and urban horror, and also serious non-fiction (as Kate R Baucherel). She is a speaker and consultant on emerging technologies including blockchain, crypto assets, artificial intelligence, Web3 and the metaverse. When she was asked to co-author a cybersecurity book in 2016, a friend suggested that the subject might be less dry and more impactful as fiction. Cameron Silvera and the Argentum Associates team burst into life in Bitcoin Hurricane. One of her biggest challenges is making sure that the future technology she imagines doesn't find its way into reports for real live clients - but the future is getting closer all the time, and staying ahead of reality is becoming more and more difficult. Kate has been embedded in sci-fi since childhood, from her first glimpse of the Daleks from behind the sofa aged five. As a child she wrote her own Dr Who and Star Wars stories and occasional scripts for friends to act out in the park. She progressed to read her dad’s collection of Wyndham, Bradbury, Clarke, Heinlein and Asimov before discovering Iain Banks and David Brin, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, and so much more.