[2] Prior to becoming a bestselling author he worked at McGill Center for Intelligent Machines.

[3] He also worked in cybersecurity,[4] nanotechnology, electronic health records, and weather prediction.

Mather was born in Sheffield, United Kingdom, though his family now lives in North Carolina.

"[6] Matthew Mather was the author of a growing collection of work, often in the genre of apocalyptic and science fiction, but also in thriller and mystery/suspense.

"In just four years from publishing his first novel, Matthew Mather's books have sold over a million copies and been translated into eighteen languages and published in 23 countries, with 20th Century Fox developing his second novel, CyberStorm, for film.