by Ricki Lewis Ricki Lewis has been known to biology teachers for quite a while - as the author of the BEST genetics textbook around. She caught the "genetics" bug in 1978, and has been a major player in helping the public understand the nature of genetics, stem cell research, etc. through her writings for Nature, Discover, The Scientist and many other publications. Following the death of her parents, she felt the driving need to volunteer as a hospice worker, as others did for her father. Her first patient was a Huntington Disease patient - a perfect match. Ricki has been passionate about that disease since it caught her attention in the media in the late seventies, having received letters from Marjorie and Arlo Guthrie and others for helping spread the news about research for HD . Ricki is now very passionate about clearing the misunderstandings surrounding stem cells. This novel, while it is fiction, does just that. In a late scene in the novel, her central character (Kel