ABOUT THE AUTHOR

W. E. Rowan

Stories about ordinary people finding their way through extraordinary futures.

W. E. Rowan writes warm, hopeful science-fiction mysteries about ordinary people, found family, and the overlooked things that hold communities together.

His stories favor lived-in futures over gleaming ones: places where people still mend things, keep old records, make homes in unlikely places, and discover that skills the world has stopped noticing may be exactly the ones that matter. He writes for readers who enjoy mystery and speculative ideas but also want room for friendship, community, humor, and hope.

Larry, the feral cat who helped inspire Index's appearance
Larry, one of the feral cats who helped inspire Index’s appearance—pictured near one of the colony’s favorite toys.

When he isn’t writing, he and his wife can often be found caring for a small colony of feral cats. One of them, Larry, provided some of the physical inspiration for Index, the blue-eyed cat at the heart of The Bookshop Cat of Luna Station. Caring for cats who decide for themselves when—and whether—to trust has taught him how much personality, quiet courage, and very definite opinion can fit inside one small creature.

The Cat Who Read Tomorrow is the first novel in The Bookshop Cat of Luna Station, a cozy science-fiction mystery series set around the last paper bookshop on Luna Station, its widowed bookbinder, the community gathering around him, and a cat who has very definite opinions about which book belongs in whose hands.

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