Doctor Heath Sommer earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Idaho State University and holds an additional degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development. A native of Sacramento, California, he has enjoyed many opportunities for public speaking and regularly conducts workshops/gives lectures on psychologically related as well as theologically related domains. In addition to his literary interests, Dr. Sommer specializes in the assessment and treatment of trauma, anxiety, and marriage, family, and child development. The success of his breakout suspense novel, The Manufactured Identity, has lead to the publication of two more novels in The Manufactured Identity Series, The Grand Delusion, and The Human Obsession due for release in 2010.