Author: Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist, J.K. Rowling, Emily Dickenson, Giants, Medusa, Cyclops, Free Speech, Censorship, and 20 other books for children and young adults.

Contributor: Velvet Magazine, Discovery Channel Magazine, Los Angeles Times, QScience Review.

Awards: Theodor S. Geisel Award, Best Book by a San Diego County Author, San Diego Book Awards, 2007; Best Young Adult & Children's Nonfiction Book, San Diego Book Awards, 2005 and 2007.

Speaker: Southeast Regional Conference of The Islamic Medical Association of North America, the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Muslim Public Affairs Council of Western New York, the Pacifica Institute, Women in Dialogue, and the San Diego Mensa Regional Gathering.