Tom Maremaa is the author of 18 novels, including most recently I, MICHELANGELO. His novel METAL HEADS from Kunati Books was nominated by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Notable Books of 2009. He has also authored short fiction, plays, and works of non-fiction. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he studied languages, literature and philosophy at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and worked on his Ph.D in comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives with his wife in Mountain View, California, and works as a software engineer in Silicon Valley. He travels widely to learn about and understand as many cultures and languages as he can.