I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.

" Wilson (born June 10 1929) is an American biologist researcher (sociobiology biodiversity) theorist (consilience biophilia) naturalist (conservationist) and author. O. His biological specialty is myrmecology the study of ants on which he is considered to be the world's leading authority.