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About Siggy Simon Jr, the author of Space Highways

Influenced by a vast sci-fi collection of books, comics, and films, I began to write descriptions of universes of the future trying to find a credible futuristic reality.
I was raised up surrounded by a great amount of reading material, including many science books and, above all, books about space, life, the universe, and everything…

The author, according to Facebook

The author, according to
Facebook

Currently studying English Studies —formerly known as English Philology, where I am surrounded by stories, books, literary masterpieces, from the old marvels to the postmodern experimentalist absurdities, which keep on feeding me and drive me to keep developing more and more ideas.
Sadly, the very same studies are robbing me of the time I want to use to keep on working on Space Highways (More about the SpaceHighways series).

During various courses, we students had to create our own stories, and —I can’t avoid it— I write too much… Some of the short stories evolved into true mini-novels, others stayed as micro-stories or simple sagas… If you want to read some of my other works, take a look at my (utterly outdated) blog Un·Tales (This blog is now deleted… When time is to spare, I will upload my old stories either to Medium, Wattpad or similar).

I always wanted to publish a more detailed biography of myself, but, honestly, it’s boring… Boring for me and the reader… It seems I am not able to write a good, happy biography without over-extending or ending crying…

If, someday, I write a decent biography, I’ll post it here ^_^

To simplify, here is a life-timeline-chart:

YearPlaceEvent
1979Zurich, SwitzerlandI was born
1984ZurichMy little sister Franzisca was born
1986ZurichI began to read science books, particularly about the solar system and space.
1989ZurichI knew more about the Solar System than my teacher, I was punished…
   
1991 Moved from Zurich to Tazacorte with my family.
1991Tazacorte, La PalmaA new home on the Canary Islands, Spain.
1991TazacorteBack to school.
1995Los Llanos de AridaneThe fun high school…
1999Los Llanos de AridaneI love high school, I stay two years more…
2001Santa Cruz de TenerifeI began to study a Superior-level Training Cycle (similar to BTEC Level 4/5 diploma) called “Audiovisual and performance production.”
2003Santa Cruz de TenerifeThe first ideas and hints for Space Highways begin to flourish.
2004Santa Cruz de TenerifeBeginning to write the first chapters of Space Highways.
2006TeguesteI begin to work at La Mirada Producciones as an edition assistant.
2007TeguestePromotion to Technical Director at La Casa Animada
   
2011–Heartbreaking break up…
2012San Cristóbal de La LagunaTook the decision to study, again…
Summer 2012Los Llanos de AridaneMajor creative impulse since the first ideas for Space Highways. Kept on writing for a whole month, just writing…
2012TeguesteStarted to study Pedagogy at the UNED (National University of Distance Education, Spain)
2012TeguesteBegan publishing SpaceHighways in Spanish.
2013TeguesteLeft the Pedagogy degree thanks to a disagreement with the subjects taught.
2013TeguesteBegan the English Studies degree at the University of La Laguna.
   
2016TeguesteUtterly disappointed by the lack of interest in Space Highways in Spanish, I began a reboot in English.
   
2018Santa Cruz de TenerifeBegan to work part-time at tomavision, an animation studio.
  Got promoted to work full time at tomavision as a composting artist.