And finally, thank you to Karen Ragan-George, who in addition to fulfilling my life in countless ways, also managed to save it this past year. After all this time, she still makes me laugh harder than anybody else ever has, and my heart still beats faster when I’m with her. She provides continuous inspiration to me on so many levels, a Renaissance woman whose beautiful smile makes everything worthwhile. Karen is the love of my life, for now and ever.
About the Author
Serpents Among the Ruinsmarks David R. George III’s fourth writing foray into the Star Trekuniverse. David’s previous contributions include a first-season Voyagerepisode, “Prime Factors,” and two Deep Space Ninenovels, The 34th Ruleand Twilight;the first of the four-book Mission: Gammaseries, Twilightalso composes a part of the DS9novel “relaunch.” In addition, David will be penning one of the entries in the upcoming Worlds of Deep Space Nineseries of Treknovels. He also continues to write mainstream fiction, and hopes to complete a film screenplay shortly.
Born and raised in the magnificent metropolis of New York, New York (the city so nice…), David has subsequently lived all over the country. He called upstate home when he attended the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and scientific computing, with minors in writing and philosophy. He resided in South Carolina when he attended graduate school at Clemson University, where he earned a Master of Science degree in mathematical sciences, with concentrations in operations research and scientific computing. Since then, he has lived in Kansas, Washington, and northern and southern California.
David loves to travel, and has done so all over the United States, from Key West, Florida, to Anchorage, Alaska; from Kalae, Hawaii, to Burlington, Vermont. Outside the U.S., he has visited Russia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Spain, Italy, France, Monaco, England, the Bahamas, Mexico, and Canada. He hasn’t been to the moon or Mars yet, but both places are on his agenda.
David loves the game of baseball, and he plays both in regular tournaments and in a league. While he used to want to watch a game in every Major League ballpark, he now hopes to playin every one; he has already done so twice at Candlestick Park, once at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, and three times at Dodger Stadium. He’s also played in numerous Major League spring training stadia in Arizona and Florida, and in several minor league parks in California and Nevada.
In addition to baseball, David plays racquetball regularly, and he and his fabulous wife, Karen, love to dance and play softball together. They are passionate film aficionados, voracious readers, and devoted—if often unrewarded—New York Mets fans. They currently live in southern California, still one step ahead of the law.