Larry Richardson was born in New Brunswick, Canada in 1948, raised in Ontario and after living and traveling all over Canada, finally settled in St Catharines, Ontario in 2002. He joined the RCAF in 1966 as an Aircraftman 2nd Class Radar Technician (Nav Aids) and retired in 1995 from the Canadian Forces with the rank of Major. TCOM, his first novel, was written for the most part while traveling and working in the Canadian Arctic during 2006-2009 and has been edited often since, as recently as 2020. His experiences as a husband, technician, parent, Military Officer, Project Manager and late-to-the fold Pink Floyd/Roger Waters and Melodic Techno fan have influenced TCOM. He is a consultant to the Defense Communications Industry and part-time writer and still travels to the Canadian Arctic annually for work.