Walt Boyes

Walt Boyes is a journalist, analyst, and recognized authority on 21st Century manufacturing and automation. He is a Fellow of several scientific organizations both in the US and the UK and is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists. He writes a monthly newsletter on automation and process control. He also writes science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history. He was the editor of the Grantville Gazette and Co- Editor in Chief of Ring of Fire Press with Joy Ward, to whom Walt is lucky to be married. In 2024, Walt and Joy joined Misti Media LLC as the acquisition editors of their new SFF/AltHist book imprint, Nazca Press. To pay it forward, Walt has been a Director of The Heinlein Society for several years, and now serves as Vice President.