Alexander Ferrar is the nom de plume of the great Baron Meinchaupf von Richterschmitz, retired supervillain and rightful heir to the throne of Zenda, who has abdicated and retired to La Antigua Guatemala where his restaurant, art gallery, and exotic ice cream company distract him from his dreams of world domination. He is also the author of Heresy, a series of crime fiction novels, the sword-and-sorcery comedy Saga of the Beverage Men, the Icarus trilogy, and the forthcoming Memoirs of a Swine.