Randy McIntosh is an aspiring fiction writer and established neuroscientist studying brain health and aging at Baycrest Health Sciences, University of Toronto. He has an extensive scientific publication record on topics ranging from basic learning and memory functions in the brain to analytics and computer modeling of brain networks. He has built an open-source brain modeling platform, TheVirtualBrain (http://thevirtualbrain.org), in partnership with two colleagues in Europe. Randy is also an amateur musician, enjoying weekend gigs at a local café in Toronto, where he and his wife reside.