ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ROGERMACBRIDEALLENwas born September 26, 1957, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He is the author of nineteen science fiction novels, a modest number of short stories, and one nonfiction book.

His wife, Eleanore Fox, is a member of the United States Foreign Service. After a long-distance courtship, they married in 1994, when Eleanore returned from London, England. They were posted to Brasilia, Brazil, from 1995 to 1997, and to Washington, D.C., from 1997 to 2002. Their son, Matthew Thomas Allen, was born November 12, 1998. In September 2002 they began a three-year posting to Leipzig, Germany.

Visit the author’s website atwww.rmallen.net to learn more.