Quantum Mind follows a brother and sister who encounter a being on a mission to Earth from over 5,000 years ago who is trying to reconnect Earth to other sentient planets. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

I’m fascinated by anything involving science, especially quantum physics, and also ancient Irish folklore and myth. I learned about the Warrior Queen Boudicca, and I thought she was an extremely interesting character to use in this story. I also couldn’t tell this story without including some of the incredible stone monuments, like Newgrange or Stonehenge, which exist in Ireland and England. It still amazes me these various stone monuments were built almost 5000 years ago.

The science inserted in the fiction, I felt, was well-balanced. How did you manage to keep it grounded while still providing the fantastic edge science fiction stories usually provide?

I really enjoyed this part of writing Quantum Mind. The Quantum science behind this is incredibly complicated, but I really wanted the reader to be able to follow the story and not get lost in the math or complexity of the science. All the fantastic properties and abilities of quantum science are really amazing and were a tremendous amount of fun to include in this story.

What were some of the trials that you felt were important to highlight the characters’ development?

In quantum physics there is an elegant symmetry found throughout many of the different aspects of the quantum particle relationships. I wanted to bring this symmetry to many of the characters’ relationships by being twins, which can share many similar traits but can also be exact opposites. Quantum particles also have an important characteristic of the direction the particle is spinning. Being left handed, I thought it would be a great way to incorporate having different things happen when you hold a quantum stone in your left hand versus your right hand. A simple ‘shout out’ to all the lefties out there!

Where does the next book in the series take the characters?

The next book, called Quantum Entanglement, will take place on Ghia in a race to save the Quantum Guild from the destruction and enslavement by the alien Egrans. While the others are fighting the Egrans, Brian’s 10 year old son, Malcolm, discovers he controls a quantum ability to create unlimited copies of himself. Being in two places at the same time might be the key Ghia has been searching for to restore the Quantum Guild. Is Malcolm’s new ability enough to fight off the Egrans and restore the Quantum Guild? Is this the only power Malcolm has, or did he unlock an ability that could potentially destroy the whole universe?

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