Three-time Hugo Nominee Dr. John L. Flynn is a psychologist, college dean, author, and member of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He has had a very successful year as an author, selling his erotic thriller Intimate Bondage to BelleBooks and having the screenplay for his science fiction novel, The Jovian Dilemma, optioned for the movies. With his friend and collaborator Bob Blackwood, he has also written Everything I Know About Life I Learned from James Bond. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 6, 1954, John Flynn earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from the University of South Florida and a Ph.D. from Southern California University. He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, and has been a regular contributor and columnist to dozens of science fiction magazines. In 1977, he received the M. Carolyn Parker award for outstanding journalism for his freelance work on several Florida daily newspapers. He sold his first book, Future Threads, in 1985, and has subsequently had thirteen other books published, including Cinematic Vampires: The Living Dead on Film, The Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dissecting Aliens, Visions in Light and Shadow, War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg, 75 Years of Universal Monsters, 50 Years of Hammer Horror, 101 Superheroes of the Silver Screen, 2001: Beyond the Infinite, The Jovian Dilemma, Phantoms of the Opera: Behind the Mask, Intimate Bondage, and Future Prime (with Bob Blackwood). He has also written the Introduction to Signet’s new edition of Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera, and the Afterword to Signet’s new printing of The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells. From 2002 to 2004, Dr. Flynn was nominated for three Hugo Awards for his science fiction writing. In 1997, John switched gears from writing and literature to study psychology, and earned a degree as a clinical psychologist. His study, "The Etiology of Sexual Addiction: Childhood Trauma as a Primary Determinant," has broken new ground in the diagnosis and treatment of sexual addiction. Today, John lives in Owings Mills, Maryland, and is the National Dean of Academic Administration for Education Affiliates, a Fortune 500 company that owns 55 career and trade schools. Website: http://www.john-flynn.com