ALASDAIR GRANT loves pizza, baseball, and learning anything he can about mythology and ancient history. His dream car is a sleek black Porsche 911 (which his wife will never let him buy) and his dream pet is a trained peregrine falcon (which he'll also never own). He has a 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan karate, a 1st degree black belt in kobudo (martial arts weapons), and past experience as a karate instructor. He maintains a creative writing blog at cwtoolbox.blogspot.com.