我是在温哥华Fairmont Hotel举办的一次图书出版研讨会上结识马杰富的，当时我们倆碰巧坐在最后一排的同一条桌子上。
研讨会中途休息的时候，我们做了几分钟的交谈，得知他已经出版了他的第一步科幻小说《星球》（The Planet），该书的电子版正在亚马逊图书销售网上热销。他的第二部小说也接近尾声，计划今年年内出版。
马杰富曾经是一位职业音乐人，还做过机械工，种过地。他现在是温哥华西区一所私立学校的英语老师，业余时间里他创作科幻小说，编写电影电视剧剧本。
马杰富曾经在中国东北辽宁省最大的国际学校担任英语教师有两年的时间，对中国同行，家长和学生怀有深厚的感情。去年，为了照顾病重的母亲，他放弃了中国沈阳的教师职位，回到温哥华，和妻子一起照顾母亲。
马杰富爱好爵士音乐，喜欢徒步登山，他对大自然充满了好奇，认为宇宙潜藏着无限的可能性。
Jeff Mahoney is a new author that hails from a varied background. He has lived and worked as a professional musician, a heavy-duty mechanic, a farmer and currently as an educator. Jeff has just returned from Northern China, where he was a high school teacher in the largest school in the Liaoning Province. Jeff began his work on the The Planet while living and teaching in China in order to improve his teaching skills. Soon, what began as a short story began to expand into this book. Jeff now lives in Vancouver, B.C., Canada with his wife and his two cats, Paddy and Timber. Jeff teaches at the Mathison Academy in Vancouver, where he assists students with their English studies. Jeff enjoys jazz music, mountain biking and the thought that the universe is filled with infinite possibilities.
他的科幻小说《星球》，是关于人类未来移居其他星球的故事。随着人类对自然资源的不断开发和利用，有限的地球资源接近枯竭，人类不得不转移到另外的星球上去寻找新的能源。在探寻新的星球和新的能源的过程中，宇宙飞船的船长和他的船员们历经了艰难困苦……。
The story is one of human strife and survival in an age when resources are limited and corruption within the nine colonies is high. It is an age of separatist ideals and greed. While fleet commanders may still answer to the colonies, they still are motivated by the discovery of new and invaluable energy sources. The discovery of a new planet will lead one such Captain and his crew, into a perilous situation. With the help of the “locals” they must unite or fall.
马杰富非常热爱中国文化，他读过《易经》，《论语》，《道德经》等中国典籍，对中国文化中“天人合一”的思想由衷地敬佩，他非常乐意结交更多的华人朋友，希望更多地了解中国文化。
经过多次交流，我和马杰富商定好了中英文创作翻译，编辑出版方面的合作事宜。目前，我在着手将他的科幻小说《星球》翻译成中文，并在联系中国大陆和台湾地区的出版社，计划出版中文简体和繁体两种版本。马杰富现在正在加紧创作赶稿，期待第二部小说尽快面世。
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