About the Author

Charles E. Kupchella was born in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. He is the oldest of six brothers in a coal-mining family. Kupchella has a bachelor's degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in physiology from St. Bonaventure University. A true Renaissance man, Dr. Kupchella worked as a musician throughout college, with his group making a record and playing back-up to a touring American Bandstand dance group in Pennsylvania. In college, he held a draftsman gig at a construction firm, and even worked in the mines during the summer before his senior year. During his career, Kupchella served as president of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, the American Association of Cancer Education, and the University of North Dakota. Having authored several works of nonfiction, Kupchella decided to indulge his creativity in a new way-writing fiction that combines a great story with compelling human questions.