Author. Unwilling participant. Constantly outpaced by his own manuscript.
Jon Pertwee, known professionally as Jon (Not that one) in self-defence against thousands of confused Doctor Who fans, lives a quiet life with his very enthusiastic dog. A cybersecurity specialist by day and a reluctant novelist by night, Jon began writing The Interdimensional Apology Initiative as a light project, only to discover that the book had ideas of its own.
He is, technically, the author of Dean and Nora’s story. He is also, less technically, a character in it. The manuscript gained limited autonomy midway through drafting and began rearranging chapters, spawning appendices, and filing forms with alarming accuracy.
Jon oscillates between resignation and baffled negotiation with his own text. He drinks too much tea, misplaces things in the fridge, and spends long hours convincing his dog that narrative crises do not require walk-time rescheduling.
His defining trait is good humour in the face of narrative rebellion. His defining flaw is writing universes so administratively self-aware that they no longer listen to him.