Neil Plakcy is the proud papa of an eleven-year-old golden retriever who is just as sweet as Rochester in his Golden Retriever mysteries, though not quite as smart. And fortunately he doesn't have Rochester's talent for finding dead bodies. A native of Bucks County, PA, where IN DOG WE TRUST and THE KINGDOM OF DOG are set, Neil is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University and Florida International University, where he received his MFA in creative writing. He has written and edited many other books; details can be found at his website, http: //www.mahubooks.com. Neil, his partner, and Sam live in South Florida, where Neil is working on a third mystery, and Sam is curled behind his desk chair.