Stephen Spotte is Adjunct Scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. He is the author of Bluegills: Biology and Behavior; Zoos in Postmodernism: Signs and Simulation; Candiru: Life and Legend of the Bloodsucking Catfishes; and Home is the Sailor, Under the Sea: Mermaid Stories. He lives in Longboat Key, Florida.
