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Timothy Mason's musical adaptation of Dr. Seuss' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! (music by Mel Marvin) has become a seasonal hit on Broadway and on tour. His plays have been produced in New York by Circle Rep (including THE FIERY FURNACE starring Julie Harris and BABYLON GARDENS with Mary-Louise Parker and Timothy Hutton). He has also had plays produced by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Victory Gardens, Portland Stage, the Jungle Theatre, the Guthrie Theatre Lab and the Royal National Theatre, London. Mason created the 5-play "Young Americans Cycle" in collaboration with A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory (ASCENSION DAY, THE LESS THAN HUMAN CLUB, TIME ON FIRE, MULLEN'S ALLEY and MY LIFE IN THE SILENTS). He has won the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award, the W. Alton Jones Foundation Award, the Berilla Kerr Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Award and the National Society of Arts and Letters Award. He lives in New York City. THE LAST SYNAPSID is his first novel.

About the illustrator

Paul Cronan has been sketching for as long as he can remember. He lives with his parents and a sister in Baltimore, MD, where he attends the Baltimore School for the Arts, a public high school for the performing and visual arts. Apart from drawing, Paul loves reading, music and finding a great tree to climb. THE LAST SYNAPSID is his first illustrated book.