Toby Weston (born May 8th, 1972) is a British writer and technologist. His work weaves action and philosophy while dealing with the themes of consciousness, utopia, and the technological singularity. His books are grounded in science, but he is prepared to take excursions into the fantastic. Before writing books, Toby worked as a parking attendant, spook, tour guide, software engineer and chef (if you count making crab sandwiches). His academic background spans Software Engineering, Computational Neuroscience, Environmental Biology and Deep Learning. He is currently based in Switzerland where he writes and works in the field of digital innovation.