Gerald Barnes lives in California with his wife, two sons, a dog, and two cats. When he is not writing he runs the rat race to provide for his family. Gerald works in sales and hates it because he has to work weekends. He admits that he feels blessed to have the job regardless but still dreams of weekends by the pool. On his days off he likes to BBQ and be with his family. Barnes is currently working on his next book that should be released sometime before the aliens get here. He would like to thank his family and friends that have encouraged him even through the roughest drafts. Thank you also to Allison Itterly on being a great coach and teacher.