B D SmithB.D. Smith is a retired archaeologist and the author of numerous scholarly books and articles on a range of topics, including the origins of agriculture. After having to pay attention to facts and empirical reality for many years in his non-fiction witing, he now enjoys making things up. His favorite place to write is on the screen porch of a lakeside cabin in Bowerbank, Maine, where he spends summers with his wife Melinda and their dog Fred. In the winter months they live in Frederick, Maryland. Read More Read Less