Madeline Ashby is a futurist and science fiction writer living in Toronto. She is the author of the Machine Dynasty series of novels and the novel Company Town, and has written short stories for Slate, MIT Technology Review, XPRIZE, and others. With Scott Smith, she is the co-author of How to Future: Leading and Sense-making in an Age of Hyperchange, out now from Kogan Page Inspire. You can find her at madelineashby.com or on Twitter @madelineashby.