My name is jonathan munn & I write {mostly} spooky fantasy for teens. thePowerFactory.com is the place where you can download my books, read my short stories, & all for free. You can follow me on Twitter, or read my blog, subscribe for updates, or contact me.

Photo: Photo Booth by Apple

¶ I live in Montreuil, just outside of Paris, France, with the lovely Ludivine, her cat, our wonderful young son, the Wombat, as well as a part-time teen. ¶ Workwise, after twenty years or so as an Art Director, I am currently a Web Developer for a company in Paris. I am also called on, from time to time, to teach the History of Type & Design, and more recently, Coding & Web Design. ¶ And although it should be noted that the best job I ever had was as a Panda, that is another story altogether… ¶ When I’m not busy with all those things, you can find me reading, or scribbling down stories in a Moleskine notebook. ¶

About the name

¶ In 1999 I was looking for a name for my online activities. I wanted something that meant manual work and production and doing things. For a time it seemed that all the good names were taken. Eventually we stumbled upon thePowerFactory.com, so I grabbed it. There has been lots of different stuff here over the years. Some has been lost in hard drive crashes [mine, I should point out, not my web hosts], some is still around tucked into corners. ¶ The little factory image I sometimes use has been around for many years. It was originally a simple grey-scale vectorial drawing, treated using QuarkXPress’s line-screen filter, and then saved as a snapshot. I was aiming for a sort of mechanical engraving feel. The original assets are long gone, but I keep adapting this image for each different version… ¶

last updated: Thursday, August 27^th, 2009