His short stories regularly appear in the science fiction magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact. He was also a nominee for the John West. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Torgersen works in healthcare computer systems and is a United States Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer on the weekend.
He writes fiction at night.
Torgersen was a winner of the 2009 Writers of the Future contest, and has been published in Analog and InterGalactic Medicine Show. His 2010 novelette "Outbound" won the Analog reader"s poll, and his 2011 novelette "Ray of Light" was nominated for both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award. Torgersen received two nominations for the 2014 Hugo Awards, for “The Chaplain"s Legacy” (novella) and “The Exchange Officers” (novelette). Torgersen led the Sad Puppies campaign at the Hugo Awards in 2014-2015.
