Dr. John Cressler spent 8 years at IBM Research and 10 years at Auburn University before joining Georgia Tech in 2002, where he has authored numerous books, http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~cressler/. He has been a TED talk presenter on the topic of The Many Miracles of the Microelectronics Revolution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sINWiB3s_8E).

He knows that multicultural cooperation is possible, and he has the history to prove it in his historical fiction debut novel EMERALDS OF THE ALHAMBRA, which is endorsed by a Nobel Laureate and a Harvard Divinity School professor. It is the first book in the Anthems of al-Andalus series. This novel is an interfaith love story set in medieval Muslim Spain. 

His non-fiction books for general audiences include: REINVENTING TEENAGERS: THE GENTLE ART OF INSTILLING CHARACTER IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE and SILICON EARTH: INTRODUCTION TO THE MICROELECTRONICS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION.

John and his wife have been married for 30 years and are the proud parents of three. John's hobbies include hiking, gardening, bonsai, all things Italian, collecting (and drinking) fine wines, cooking, history, and carving walking sticks, not necessarily in that order. He considers teaching/mentoring of young-folk to be his primary vocation, with his writing a close second. 

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