David GrovesDavid was born in Brighton, UK, but mainly educated in Australia. He is Emeritus Professor of Economic Geology at the University of Western Australia, having received numerous medals and other awards for his teaching and research. He is also a consulant to the mining and exploration industry, mainly involved in conceptual targeting for discovery of new mineral deposits. He has adapted his holistic and multi-scale approach to forensic geological studies into the writing of cerebral thriller and mystery novels, with The Plague's Protocol the first of this genre. Read More Read Less