But I guess we moved when I was two years old.

So, I'm a first-generation immigrant to Canada. Did you grow up in Winnipeg? Have you always been a Winnipegger? Tell me your life story.Yeah, I did grow up in Winnipeg, although I wasn't born here. Let's take you back first to a little bit of biographical information. Well, let's start by finding out how you got interested in writing science fiction and fantasy.

I can't remember all the finer details.It was great. And I think I was one of the first people to know about it, actually, outside of probably your family.You may have been, actually. And the other fun fact is that I was there in Washington, DC, at World Fantasy when you sold that first novel to DAW. Gilbert at DAW Books.Hugo Award-winning editor.Oh, yes. And I guess we share an editor, too, Sheila E. I think we first met, probably, at World Fantasy in Calgary, would have been the first time.Yeah, that sounds about right. And we've showed up at the same conventions, and now we share a publisher, DAW Books.We do. Winnipeg and Regina are not that far apart. Now, we've known each other for quite some time now. He lives in Winnipeg with his wife, Marnie, and their two sons, Jared and Ryan.The (Lightly Edited) TranscriptHi, Gerald.Hey, Ed.

In his limited spare time, he enjoys riding his motorcycle, rock climbing, camping, and spending time with his family. Both The Courier and its sequel, The Operative, appeared on the Locus Bestsellers List.By day, Gerald is an IT professional specializing in virtualization. His current novel is Threader Origins, published by DAW Books, the first book in the Quantum Empirica trilogy that will continue with Threader War and Threader God.His first novel, The Courier, Book 1 in the San Angeles series, was listed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as one of the ten Canadian science fiction books you need to read and was a finalist for the prestigious Aurora Award. An hour-long interview with Gerald Brandt, bestselling author of the San Angeles science-fiction series and the new Quantum Empirica series that began with Threader Origins, all published by DAW Brandt’s Amazon PageThe IntroductionGerald Brandt is an internationally bestselling author of science fiction and fantasy.

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