Author & Independent Researcher
Minds stay warm
under pressure.
I write books and conduct independent research on warmth, survival, and the inner life across children’s stories, memoir, fiction, and an open framework for more humane AI.




The body of work
Four threads, one thesis.
Research
Dao Heart
An open research framework for warmer, more humane AI behaviour.
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For families
Children’s Books
Gentle stories about courage, care, and the quiet shape of growing up.
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Memoir
Built for Light & Swimming Upstream
Two first-person memoirs on survival, identity, and staying warm under pressure.
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Fiction
Novels & Novellas
Quiet, lyrical fiction about inner weather and small acts of repair.
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START HERE
If you’re new to the work
1. Begin with a quiet read
Pick up a children’s book : they hold the whole thesis in miniature.
Children’s Books →2. Sit with the memoir
Built for Light tells the story behind the rest of the work.
Memoir →3. Explore the research
Dao Heart sketches a warmer architecture for the systems we build.
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Lines from the work
“Minds stay warm under pressure.”
“A small light, kept lit, is still a light.”
“Care is a kind of architecture.”
“Ordinary miracles ask only to be noticed.”
Find the books.
All titles are available through the Amazon Author Page.