Susan Maxey received her master's at Southwest Texas Sate University in San Marcos, Texas. She teaches Humanities, a combined language arts and social studies block, at the Austin Jewish Community Day School in Austin, Texas. Maxey is a copy editor for the magazines Scientific American Discovering Archaeology and Egypt Revealed. She is also a freelance writer. Maxey may be contacted by e-mail at smaxey@austin.rr.com.