Michael Sims’s latest book, Apollo’s Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination, was chosen as one of the Best Science Books of 2007 by National Public Radio. His second book, Adam’s Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, was a New York Times Notable Book and a Library Journal Best Science Book. He is also the author of Darwin's Orchestra: An Almanac of Nature in History and the Arts. Sims has written for the Washington Post, Orion, Gourmet, and many other periodicals in the U.S. and abroad. For Penguin Classics, he edited The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel and Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Thief as well as a forthcoming anthology tentatively titled The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime: Great Tales of Confidence Tricksters, Burglars, Rogues, and Scoundrels from the Time of Sherlock Holmes. For more information, visit his web site at www.michaelsimsbooks.com.