ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Christopher Scott Lommerin lives with his wife and twin daughters in Easton, Pennsylvania. The Protégé is his first novel. He has earned a Doctorate and two Masters degrees in education. "Writing is my way of escaping reality by creating my own world," Chris says. "Without writing, I'd never be able to deal with the limitations of life. . . . I never know what I'm going to write until, well . I write. My characters are alive to me. They live through my thoughts and I discover just how the mystery unfolds through their actions. Sometimes this surprises and even alarms me ... Did I really think of that?"