About Roderick D. Turner
Roderick D. Turner has an educational background in Engineering and Science. He worked in a variety of Engineering roles within the industry for over 10 years, followed by a 27-year career as an Engineering Technology professor at Seneca College. He began writing short stories while working on his PhD Thesis in 1990, and has been writing ever since. He has now written more than 150 short stories, as well as 12 novels and 4 audio plays, overall classifiable as speculative fiction but ranging from sci-fi to general fiction, fantasy to space opera. You can find his published written work on his Amazon page at https://www.amazon.com/author/roderick-d-turner
A Conversation with Roderick D. Turner
We sat down with Roderick D. Turner to discuss his writing journey, creative process, and what inspires his stories. Get an inside look at his experiences and learn valuable insights from a fellow writer in our community.
Which writers inspire you and why?
Larry Niven, Orson Scott Card, George RR Martin, William Gibson and others in the sci-fi or fantasy genres, because they basically defined the genres for me.
What is your favourite genre in which to write and why?
Speculative fiction – take what we are familiar with today and consider the question: what if?
Do you have a current work in progress? Can you tell us a bit about it?
Just finished first draft of my 12th novel, which was an unexpected (as is often the case) storyline that involves, not surprisingly, the deteriorating climate on our planet, as well as the acceptance and integration of AI-based synthetic humans into our society.
To learn more about Roderick D. Turner, his books, and his writing process, please visit https://www.amazon.com/author/roderick-d-turner.