Current Projects

Published Zoology Book: Shadows of Existence
Released from Hancock House in Spring 2006, this book reviews the many discoveries still being made (and some which still await us) in the world of zoology. It surprises many people how many new animals are being found, and how many clues there are about animals which may still lurk in the shadows. This sequel to my 1995 Rumors of Existence (Hancock House, still available) covers recent discoveries, rediscoveries of "lost" species, the "maybe" animals of cryptozoology, and many other surprises and mysteries of the animal kingdom.
 
Published Space History Book: The First Space Race
Published in 2004 by Texas A&M University Press, The First Space Race, by Matt Bille and Erika Lishock, is a groundbreaking history of the race in the 1950s to launch the world's first satellite. This is the first book to trace the paths of the Sputnik, Vanguard, and Explorer programs through the high-stakes drive for prestige and Cold War advantage that put humanity into orbit.

Read a review of The First Space Race: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/276/1

Go to http://www.tamu.edu/upress/BOOKS/2004/bille.htm to read more about this exhaustively researched and critically acclaimed work, with a foreword by the famous atmospheric physicist Dr. James A. Van Allen.

 
Works In Progress:
Apex Predator (Novel)  What would happen if a major new species was discovered in the United States? I
 

Higher Ground (History): The space achievements of America’s military men and women.
 

Little Star: The History and Promise of Small Satellites (with Erika Lishock) (space): The technology, history, and utility of small to very small spacecraft.