Altered Earth: A Brief History of Humankind

I have been a fan of fantasy and science fiction ever since I can remember. Growing up I used to fall asleep listening to CBS Radio Mystery Theater and spent Saturday afternoons watching Creature Double Feature on WLVI, channel 56. Also, I collected comics and ended up doing my master’s thesis on the structure of the modern, American superhero comic book. I grew up on a boarding school campus in Massachusetts and as an adult chose a career working with teenagers. I worked with teens for 20 years and spent 13 of them living on and working at a private school in the Colorado Rockies. My job allowed me to travel the world. I have been to the Great Wall of China, Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal, the Sahara Desert, Machu Picchu and countless other spots in Asia, Africa and South America. I have also traveled extensively throughout the United States. I am now living in the northwest section of the country after having grown up in New England, spending four years at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN., earning my M.A. from the University of New Mexico and then moving to Colorado. My mother is a published poet and my father a world-class educator. I caught the ＂writing bug＂ from them at a very early age. I can remember scrawling short stories on scraps of paper in my bedroom late at night long after I was supposed to be asleep. I have been inspired by both my travels and by the all the people I have met and worked with along the way. My family and friends have encouraged me over the years to make a living as a writer. I am now taking on the challenge of following my bliss. And enjoying every minute of it! Thank you for reading my books. The ＂brief history trilogy＂ will be finished in the summer of 2012 and then I will be on to other projects. The ideas just keep on coming! You can keep tabs on my work on twitter.com @cameron_mcvey or follow my occasional updates on www.abriefhistoryofhumankind.blogspot.com