Along with eleven novels, including Defenders, Love Minus Eighty, and Burning Midnight, he has published dozens of short stories in magazines such as Asimov's Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed Magazine, Clarkesworld, and Interzone.
McIntosh attended the University of Georgia, where he received a Ph.D. in social psychology in 1990.
[1] His research focused on topics such as internet dating and romantic relationships, "happiness and goals, collecting behavior, psychological aspects of film and television, and the relationship between psychology and Zen Buddhism.
"[2] In 2012, McIntosh moved to the College of William and Mary to teach introductory psychology classes and focus on his writing.
Translations of McIntosh's novels have been published in China, Russia, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Taiwan, and Hungary.