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…
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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others stayed as micro-stories or simple sagas… If you want to read some of my other works, take a look at my (utterly outdated) blog Un·Tales (This blog is now deleted… When time is to spare, I will upload my old stories either to Medium, Wattpad or similar).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:
| Year | Place | Event |
| 1979 | Zurich, Switzerland | I was born |
| 1984 | Zurich | My little sister Franzisca was born |
| 1986 | Zurich | I began to read science books, particularly about the solar system and space. |
| 1989 | Zurich | I knew more about the Solar System than my teacher, I was punished… |
| 1991 | Moved from Zurich to Tazacorte with my family. | |
| 1991 | Tazacorte, La Palma | A new home on the Canary Islands, Spain. |
| 1991 | Tazacorte | Back to school. |
| 1995 | Los Llanos de Aridane | The fun high school… |
| 1999 | Los Llanos de Aridane | I love high school, I stay two years more… |
| 2001 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | I began to study a Superior-level Training Cycle (similar to BTEC Level 4/5 diploma) called “Audiovisual and performance production.” |
| 2003 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | The first ideas and hints for Space Highways begin to flourish. |
| 2004 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Beginning to write the first chapters of Space Highways. |
| 2006 | Tegueste | I begin to work at La Mirada Producciones as an edition assistant. |
| 2007 | Tegueste | Promotion to Technical Director at La Casa Animada |
| 2011 | – | Heartbreaking break up… |
| 2012 | San Cristóbal de La Laguna | Took the decision to study, again… |
| Summer 2012 | Los Llanos de Aridane | Major creative impulse since the first ideas for Space Highways. Kept on writing for a whole month, just writing… |
| 2012 | Tegueste | Started to study Pedagogy at the UNED (National University of Distance Education, Spain) |
| 2012 | Tegueste | Began publishing SpaceHighways in Spanish. |
| 2013 | Tegueste | Left the Pedagogy degree thanks to a disagreement with the subjects taught. |
| 2013 | Tegueste | Began the English Studies degree at the University of La Laguna. |
| 2016 | Tegueste | Utterly disappointed by the lack of interest in Space Highways in Spanish, I began a reboot in English. |
| 2018 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Began to work part-time at tomavision, an animation studio. |
| Got promoted to work full time at tomavision as a composting artist. |
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