I am an avid chess player who plays for fun.

Some of my favorite books are:

• The Missing Lynx by Ross Barnett

• Venomous Snakes of the World by Mark O'Shea

• The Hobbit  by J.R.R Tolkien

• The Species Seekers by Richard Conniff

• Swordfish by Richard Ellis

• The Lost Species by Christopher Kemp

• Dinosaurs In The Attic by Douglas J. Preston