MILLICENT EIDSON is the author of the alphabetical Maya Maguire microbial mystery series. Dr. Eidson's work as a public health veterinarian and epidemiologist began with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and continued at the New Mexico and New York state health departments. She is a public health faculty member at the University at Albany and the University of Vermont. With formative years in the Southwest, the author enjoys family trips to Arizona and worldwide, but has settled in Vermont with her husband Tom Henderson and daughter Lian Henderson, adopted from China and inspiration for Maya Maguire.