Doug Brode is the author of The Ship, The Ship’s Revenge, Children of the Ship, and Shelli. He was the creator of Cinemax’s sexy sci-fi series Forbidden Science, as well as a storyboard/concept artist on such popular films as Star Trek, Iron Man, Thor, Looper, Van Helsing, Planet of the Apes, and MIB: International, among many others. He lives in California with his wife, Pamela, and their two children, Hayden and Leia.