Todd CookTodd Cook is a writer and historian who's lived on the Monterey Peninsula for more than twenty-five years. An avid numismatist, he wrote five articles for COINS magazine from 1990 to 2006. His published books include the historical novels Madame, TheBleeding Door and Nueva California, as well as the nonfiction book Uncovered: The Lost Coins of Early America. He has also identified and catalogued several early California artifacts in his work with the Carmel Mission Arts and Artifact Inventory Team. Read More Read Less