Rob Cook was a founding employee at Pixar and recipient of the first Oscar given for software. He likes to live at the intersection of art, science, inner exploration, and worldly practicality, sprinkled liberally with adventure and fun. He has studied at the Writers Studio, and his work has been published or is forthcoming in Evening Street Review, Jelly Bucket, Pennsylvania English, Soundings East, Visitant Lit, and Whistling Shade.