ABOUT THE AUTHORS

 

Barb Karg is a veteran journalist, author, graphic designer, and screenwriter. Having begun her career early as a newspaper reporter, she has over the years served as writer, graphic designer, production manager, and editor-in-chief for several major publishing houses. Her recent writing endeavors include The Everything® Pirates Book, The Everything® Filmmaking Book, The Everything® Freemasons Book, The Graphic Designer’s Color Handbook, and the anthologies Letters to My Mother: Tributes to the Women Who Gave Us Life—and Love, Letters to My Teacher: Tributes to People Who Have Made a Difference, and Angel Over My Shoulder.

 

A self-proclaimed publishing “lifer,” Karg holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of California, Davis. When not editing or researching, she spends time working on her novel and painting abstract art. She is also a frequent contributor to various anthologies. Karg is at home in the Pacific Northwest with her better half, Rick, their goofy greyhound, and a quartet of highly opinionated felines, all of whom drive her nuts on any given day.

John K. Young, PhD, is currently a professor in the Department of Anatomy at Howard University College of Medicine. He is married to Paula Jean Young and has two sons, Michael and Matthew. His professional interests involve teaching microscopic anatomy to first-year medical students and performing research on the hypothalamus, a portion of the brain that is important for the control of feeding behavior, hormones, and glucose metabolism. His nonscientific interests include Russian literature (he has translated two scientific books from Russian), history, and archeology.

 

Dr. Young’s interests in history and archeology inspired him to write Sacred Sites of the Knights Templar, a book that explains the hidden meaning of sites at Stonehenge, Aachen, Carnac, Rennes-le-Chateau, and Santiago de Compostela. The thesis of that book is that spiritual aspects of astronomical events prompted the building and positioning of structures at these sites. Dr. Young has also explored the possible basis in astronomy and ancient astronomy-associated religions for some of the current-day rites of Freemasonry.