Ed is a former screenwriter and the author of the Southern historical DARKHORSE TRILOGY: THE LIES THAT BIND, HONOR AMONG OUTCASTS and SOMETHING IN MADNESS. The trilogy centers on the clandestine friendship between an abolitionist drifter and a group of former slaves between 1859 and 1865. Ed is also the author of THE ANTIQUITIES DEALER, a sci-fi suspense thriller pitting science against religion in a quest to clone Jesus Christ. Ed is a graduate of the University of Missouri-St. Louis with an M.A. in English, and an avid fan of St. Louis Blues Hockey and Cardinals Baseball. Follow him on Amazon, Facebook, Twitter & Goodreads. Find him at http://www.edprotzel.com.