A native of Philadelphia, New York Times and international bestselling author Steve Alten earned his bachelor’s degree from Penn State University, his master’s from the University of Delaware, and his doctorate from Temple University. He is the author of the MEG series, Domain series, Goliath, The Loch, Grim Reaper: End of Days, and The Shell Game. Steve Alten is also the founder and director of Adopt-An-Author, a free nationwide teen reading program that is used in thousands of secondary-school classrooms across the country to excite reluctant readers about reading.