André Cancian is 36 years old and lives in Catanduva, SP, Brazil. Graduated in languages by IMES-FAFICA, he works as a writer, translator and programmer.

He created, in mid-1999, the portals http://ateus.net and http://niilismo.net, and is still responsible for the selection, revision and publication of the materials of both sites. He contributes sporadically with texts of his own, but generally the focus is on translating texts of authors with pertinent themes.

He is the author of the books Atheism & Freedom, The Emptiness of the Machine and Atheism & Nihilism, written with inspiration in the material published at the ateus.net site. He currently works with web programming and mobile application development for Android and iOS (https://chronoburn.com).