The Saeshell Book of Time is the debut novel for author Rusty Biesele. Prior to becoming a writer, Rusty did government funded student research, corporate funded research, finally progressing to various bleeding edge projects in Silicon Valley, working for companies such as Apple Computer, Philips Semiconductor, and Hewlett Packard. He has also been a securities trader and toyed around with robotics software. He currently lives in Silicon Valley in California with his wife and daughter, where he writes full time.