Newsflash: I'm thrilled to announce that Berkley Books will publish THE SLAVEMAKERS, my sequel to INVASIVE SPECIES, in 2015!I've been an author for more than two decades, yet I never seem to do the same thing twice. Magazine articles about science and health, books on dinosaurs and baseball, noir short stories, a novel about a baseball-playing teenage girl in 1920s Brooklyn, and now...INVASIVE SPECIES, an end-of-the-world thriller featuring a scientifically believable monster. (In other words, no vampires!).INVASIVE SPECIES was a blast to write. I loved being able to use some of the fascinating--not to mention creepy--facts I've learned during my early career as a writer specializing in science, natural history, and the environment. In doing so, I've also contributed stories to collections ranging from BRONX NOIR to THE PROSECUTION RESTS; I was honored when my story "Custom Sets" was selected for inclusion in THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2010. More recently, I placed a story in the latest Mystery Writers of America anthology, ICE COLD (edited by Jeffrey Deaver), and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. My first novel, published in 2010, was DIAMOND RUBY, the one about the Brooklyn girl with mad baseball skills. Now, with INVASIVE SPECIES, I'm taking readers on a whole new adventure. I hope you'll come along!