Gabe Torok was born in Hungary, immigrating to Canada during the Hungarian revolution. His plans were altered from becoming an English teacher, ending up in electrical engineering. He wrote his fir...view moreGabe Torok was born in Hungary, immigrating to Canada during the Hungarian revolution. His plans were altered from becoming an English teacher, ending up in electrical engineering. He wrote his first novel at age 16, and has been writing ever since. Having lived in a number of countries and travelling to dozens more, his background was further complicated as a professional photographer, associate editor of a magazine, VP of marketing for two separate corporations, and running his own computer wholesale business.
His interest in science fiction was kindled in 1966, when he saw an unidentified flying object slowly move across the sky, just below the tops of the North Shore Mountains in Vancouver.view less