Ryan Melsom was born in Kamloops, Canada, and currently resides with his family in Vancouver, Canada. He's held a fascination with the Canadian/American West Coast for many years, and in 2011 completed a doctoral thesis on patterns of Apocalyptic thinking in the region. In general he reads everything in sight, and has a not-so-secret fascination with digital culture and its potential as a tool for bringing about positive social change.