Richard Foulk is 85 years old, was born and lives in Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Virginia, where he majored in English. He held several jobs while writing short stories, plays, and novels. He then became enamored of Michael Crichton's technique of writing the great-themed novel. Crichton is the only writer to have a number one book, TV show, and movie in the same year (Disclosure, Emergency, Jurassic Park), each with a different great theme. Richard now has six unpublished novels.