Scott Britz-Cunningham, MD, PhD, is a board-certified nuclear medicine physician who holds academic appointments at the University of Massachusetts and Harvard Medical School. His scientific articles have been published innbsp;The New England Journal of Medicine,nbsp;The Journal of Nuclear Medicine,nbsp;Cancer,nbsp;andnbsp;The Journal of Virology. He is the author of two other novels:nbsp;Code Whitenbsp;(Forge Books) andnbsp;The Immortalistnbsp;(Simon & Schuster). In his spare time, he performs with the New England Digital Accordion Orchestra and practices Shotokan karate. He and his wife, Evelyn--an artist and art therapist--live in Worcester, Massachusetts. Their grown son, Alex, lives in Maine.