Claremont, Isaac (b. 1982, Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian writer and former systems engineer whose work blends rigorous science with lyrical storytelling. He studied physics and music theory at McGill University before joining an instrumentation team for the Atacama radio observatories, where he specialized in signal processing and time-delay calibration. After a decade working on telescope arrays and weather stations from Chile to the Northwest Territories, he turned to fiction and essays full-time. His stories have appeared in literary and science journals, he has been shortlisted for the Aurora Award, and he has taught science communication at Concordia University. He splits his time between Montreal and Santa Fe, collecting antique survey maps and playing a creaky glass harmonica he insists is always slightly out of tune.
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