G. J. Berger's debut novel, South of Burnt Rocks West of the Moon, was selected as the best published historical of 2012 by the San Diego Book Awards. "Burnt Rocks" is the sequel to "Four Nails" and tells the mostly true story of the youngest daughter of Sinorix after the empire of Carthage has finally fallen to Rome. G. J. lives in San Diego with his favorite tango dancing partner and grammarian. He reviews for the Historical Novel Society and is working on two other novels. G. J. welcomes hearing from any reader, admirer of elephants, or others interested in this time and place. Contact him at gjberger@hotmail.com.