John Monahan is a writer, and science teacher. He is the author of the non-fiction book They Called Me Mad: Genius, Madness and the Scientists Who Pushed the Outer Limits of Knowledge. His newest book is another non-fiction work, Babbage & Lovelace: The Victorian Computer Wizard and the Enchantress of Numbers. He lives and works in Baltimore with his wife, his two children and various pets/evil minions. His blog, Mad4Science can be found at mad4science.wordpress.com.