Ben D. Giudice is a civil engineering professor at George Fox University. He is a registered professional engineer and still practices environmental engineering for clients throughout California. An aspiring renaissance man, he enjoys writing essays and fiction as much as fly-fishing or designing wastewater treatment facilities. Ben lives in Newberg, Oregon, with his wife, Mary, three children, and a farm-load of pets and livestock. He is a graduate of Calvin College and the University of California, Davis.