A clinical psychologist writing in his free time and on sabbaticals, award winning author Edward Averett now writes fulltime in his rural home in Ecuador. His published works include several adult and young adult novels, numerous short stories, and a series of suspense novels. Critics have deemed his fiction "thoughtful nuanced and empathic writing that jumps off the page" (Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Voya) He is the proud grandfather to three rowdy grand girls.