Dr. Matthew Marullo, an active writer and composer, has won numerous creative awards, including a Kahn Award for the Arts. His two suspense novels, The Octave Displacement and Gludman’s Proof, are available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America and PEN. His nine-year-old daughter, Sophia, also wrote and published a children’s book, Sophia N.R. Marullo and the Crazy Days, also available on Amazon.com. Dr. Marullo was raised in Long Island, where he now lives with his wife and daughter.