Beyond the Door of Time

Rachel Mattson is a science fiction author and speculative fiction researcher whose work explores the intersection of theoretical physics, human emotion, and the stories we tell ourselves about the nature of reality. With a background in creative writing and a lifelong passion for quantum mechanics and cosmology, she brings a unique perspective to hard science fiction — one that grounds advanced scientific concepts in deeply human experiences.

Beyond the Door of Time is her debut novel, born from a simple question she asked herself while staring at a clock at 3 AM: What if time wasn't a river, but an ocean? And what if someone built doors into it?

Rachel lives in the Pacific Northwest with two cats, a library that threatens to consume her entire house, and an ongoing argument with her espresso machine about the proper definition of "one cup." When she isn't writing, she can be found hiking in old-growth forests, attending physics lectures she only partially understands, and collecting vintage maps of places that may or may not exist.

She is currently working on her next novel, which she describes only as "a story about memory, music, and the mathematics of forgetting."

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