RICHARD F. HELLER, Ph.D., is a professor emeritus at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the City University of New York. He has published more than fifty books, abstracts, articles, and scientific papers.
Prior to becoming a Professor of Biology and Medical Laboratory Technology for 28 years at the City University of New York, Richard worked in the legitimate theatre on Broadway and, later, as a construction worker, often scaling forty stories to get the job done. Rachael held more than fifty jobs during her pre-writing career including driving a taxi, assistant to a self-made millionaire, emergency-room coordinator, and teaching sign language to a chimpanzee.