Richard Botelho is the author of the forthcoming The Full Extent: An Inquiry Into Reality and Destiny. He also wrote the philosophical science fiction novel Reason for Existence as well as two other books, The New Individualism: Personal Change to Transform Society, a non-fiction social commentary, used in over 100 colleges and universities across America, favorably reviewed in The Midwest Quarterly and other scholarly journals, and winner of the S.C.P.H.C. Gold Award for Philosophy in 1996; and Leah’s Way, his first novel, which received a rave review in the February 1st, 2004 edition of Library Journal. He has a B.A. and M.A. in Government from California State University, Sacramento, graduating with honors. His work has also been reviewed in Philosophy East and West and The Review of Metaphysics. Always eccentric, Richard believed the system kept people "categorized" and unable to see a larger picture. So his works have focused on an interdisciplinary approach since it allows for a larger and more accurate perspective. He also found it particularly bizarre that the greatest discoveries in life come from piecing different parts of knowledge together, yet the system often discourages such integrative thinking. It appears it was being done with intent. Perhaps we should all be asking "by whom, and for what purpose?" In fact, no one has assimilated all of knowledge in a comprehensive way so that we can truly make sense of this world. That is the objective of his forthcoming exploration of reality entitled The Full Extent: An Inquiry Into Reality and Destiny.