A Kansan by birth, Russ Winterbotham took a pre-med course at the
University of Kansas and eventually got a B.A. degree. He has spent
most of his lifetime in the newspaper writing and publishing fields
except for a brief period of acting as a gunsmith helper and as a clerk
in a variety store.
The author's son-in-law is a member of the team developing the plasma
space motor which is planned to carry men to Mars within the next 10
years. He is the author of 10 adult novels, more than 60 juvenile book
and several hundred short stories and newspaper articles.