—Thomas Jefferson
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael P. Kube-McDowell (pronounced cue-bee) has at various times called New Jersey, Indiana, and Michigan home. He holds a master’s degree in science education and was honored for teaching excellence by the 1985 White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. Mr. Kube-McDowell’s short fiction has been featured in Analog, Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, as well as in the anthologies After the Flames and Perpetual Light. Three of his stories have been adapted as episodes of the television series Tales from the Darkside.
Outside of science fiction, Kube-McDowell is the author of more than 500 nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from space careers to “scientific creationism” to an award-winning four-part series on the state of American education.
Emprise, the critically acclaimed first volume of the “Trigon Disunity” future history was a Philip K. Dick Award finalist. Mr. Kube-McDowell’s other books include Enigma, Empery, and Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Odyssey. He is currently at work on a new novel, The Quiet Pools, for The Berkley Publishing Group.