Steve Alten, a native of Philadelphia, is a New York Times and international bestselling author of the MEG series, the Domain series, Goliath, The Loch, The Shell Game, and The Omega Project. Steve is also founder and director of Adopt-An-Author, a free nationwide teen reading program used in thousands of secondary school classrooms across the country to entice reluctant readers to read. For more information, go to www.AdoptAnAuthor.com and www.SteveAlten.com.