Scott Michael Decker, MSW, is the author of twenty-plus novels in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres, dabbling among the sub-genres of space opera, biopunk, spy-fi, and sword and sorcery. His biggest fantasy is wishing he were published. Asked about the MSW after his name, the author is adamant it stands for Masters in Social Work, and not "Municipal Solid Waste," which he spreads pretty thick as well. He can often be heard humming, "Scott is a social work novelist, who never had time for a life" (apologies to Billy Joel). He lives and dreams happily with his spouse near Sacramento, California.