Author: Donald F Averill

Mr. Averill grew up in Ritzville, a small town in eastern Washington. He wanted to become an astronomer, but because of diabetes and developing eye problems, he changed course and became a professor of analytical chemistry, teaching chemistry at Eastern New Mexico University for twenty-four years. He retired in 2002 and moved to Oregon. He began writing short stories for his own pleasure, but after some of his readers urged him to publish, his first book appeared in 2012. To date, he has published seven books. The Kuiper Belt Deception is his eighth novel and his first work of science fiction. A sequel is planned. After many years, he has returned to the realm of astronomy.