Neal Baer, MD, was Executive Producer and Showrunner of the NBC television hit series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for eleven years. During that time the show received six Emmys and other awards including the Golden Globe and Edgar. Previously he was Executive Producer of ER and he is presently the Executive Producer and Showrunner of the new CBS series Under the Dome, based on the novel by Stephen King. He attended Harvard Medical School and is trained as a pediatrician. His latest documentary, If You Build It, will be released in 2013. He lives with his wife, Gerrie Smith, in Los Angeles, and his son, Caleb, attends Williams College. KILL SWITCH is Neal Baer's first novel, which he wrote with TV writer Jonathan Greene.