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The Silk Code weaves together Neanderthals, Amish, DNA, NYPD, subatomic physics, and silk.

When our kids were little, we used to travel to Lancaster, PA every summer, where I realized that the Amish had much more profound knowledge than we give them credit for.

Also, I’ve realized for years that there must have been all sorts of knowledge in prehistoric, preliterate times that has been lost to us.

Dr. Phil D’Amato: He’s an NYPD forensic detective, and I’m an author and professor, but Phil thinks and reacts the same way I would in extreme, fantastic situations.

And, for that matter, in everyday life situations, too. Or, at least, I think so …

I’m a Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. I love teaching, and I find it very conducive to my writing.

Not working a 9-5 job gives me much control over my time, and therefore much more opportunity to write.

I was in the process of converting The Plot to Save Socrates into an ebook [now also available on Kindle).

I never believed that Socrates refused to escape Athens when he had the chance, and drank the hemlock. This time travel novel tells what really happened back then, and why …

The authors that most influenced me were Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein – I can only hope that if you like their work, you’d like mine.