Strassman, Rick: - Rick Strassman MD is the author of the best-selling DMT: The Spirit Molecule and co-produced the highly-acclaimed documentary by the same name. These describe the first new American research with psychedelic drugs in a generation. He is also the author of DMT and The Soul of Prophecy, and co-author of Inner Paths to Outer Space. He has degrees from Stanford University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the University of California-Davis and San Diego. He is currently Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. This is his first work of fiction.