Casey Dorman, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at Alliant International University’s Irvine, California campus. He is married to Lai Le Dorman and they live in Newport Beach, near the Orange County coast. Casey also works with the Orange County Health Department’s children’s mental health services. He has published approximately two dozen professional research articles on children’s mental health and learning problems and a book on brain injury in children published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Casey has two grown children and five grandchildren. He writes mysteries and thrillers for enjoyment and is working on a third Phineas Routledge novel, which takes place in Orange County as well as in Vietnam.