About the Author

The Author

J. Whitworth Hazzard lives in the vast cornfields of Illinois with his wife, and four nearly perfect children. A Geek-for-Hire by day, J. Whitworth has worked for over ten years fixing minor computer problems, some of which he did not even cause. He prepares technical documents for a living and tries not to include any zombies in reports on server upgrades and network outages (although not always successfully).
Dr. Hazzard has a PhD in molecular biophysics that he now uses to figure out how to scientifically justify the existence of mythical creatures. Trained in science and critical thinking, J. Whitworth spends his leisure time writing fiction that would make his former professors cringe. He has been a life-long writer and has spent more than his fair share of time writing about all kinds of ridiculous things. His dream of writing for a living started in the 5th grade when his five page story “The Blood and Guts 500” entranced and thrilled his classmates. His passionate prosody received a standing ovation and from that day forward he was hooked on the art of story telling.

Technical Publications:

• Hazzard, J.W., Sudhof, T.C., and Rizo, J. (1999) NMR studies of synaptobrevin-2 and of its interactions with syntaxin. Journal of Biomolecular NMR 14(3), 203-7

• Pabst S, Hazzard JW, Antonin W, Sudhof TC, Jahn R, Rizo J, Fasshauer D. (2000) Selective interaction of complexin with the neuronal SNARE complex. Determination of the binding regions. J Biol Chem. Jun 30;275(26):19808-18.

• Rowe-Taitt CA, Hazzard JW, Hoffman KE, Cras JJ, Golden JP, Ligler FS. (2000) Simultaneous detection of six biohazardous agents using a planar waveguide array biosensor. Biosens Bioelectron. 15(11-12):579-89.