Steven Schlozman studied English and Biology in Northern California and taughthigh school English and science before starting medical school in New England.After training in psychiatry and child psychiatry, he joined the faculty atMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School where he is currently an assistant professor of psychiatry. Long a fan of popular culture and especially a fan of horror movies, he has written about movies, books, pop songs and sports in blogs for the Boston Globe, Psychology Today and in academic journals. Most importantly, he has wanted for a very long time to write a novel. This is Schlozman's first novel.He lives in suburban Boston with his wife and two daughters, a big and ill-defined dog named Corduroy, a very fat cat named Daisy and a skinny black and white cat named Oreo. In retrospect, the inspiration for this novel most likely derives from the unlikely longevity of his daughters' pet crayfish, who, despite a purported life span of less than two years, continues to live happily and for much longer than predicted in his tepid tank, feeding on lettuce and occasional wisps of sliced turkey. He is the first true zombie that Schlozman has encountered and looks only slightly more healthy than the typical walking dead.More information on The Zombie Autopsies can be found on his website, thezombieautopsies.com.