{"product_id":"science-comics-boxed-set-coral-reefs-sharks-and-whales-science-comics","title":"Science Comics Boxed Set: Coral Reefs, Sharks, and Whales (Science Comics)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaris Wicks\u003c\/b\u003e lives in sunny Somerville, Massachusetts. She is the author behind \u003ci\u003eHuman Body Theater\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the illustrator of New York Times Bestselling \u003ci\u003ePrimates\u003c\/i\u003e, with Jim Ottaviani. Wicks has also created comics for Spongebob Comics, DC and Marvel. When Maris is not drawing comics, she can be found prepping slides for her collection of vintage microscopes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoe Flood \u003c\/b\u003eis a comic book author and illustrator whose work includes \n\u003ci\u003eCellies\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003ePirates of the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eOrcs: Forged for War\u003c\/i\u003e. For the Science Comics series, he collaborated on \n\u003ci\u003eDinosaurs: Fossils and Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e with MK Reed and wrote and illustrated \n\u003ci\u003eSharks: Nature's Perfect Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife and daughter in New York's Hudson Valley. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCasey Zakroff\u003c\/b\u003e is a marine ecophysiologist (he studies how animals' bodies function and interact with their environment), researching how stress impacts marine invertebrates (especially squid and other cephalopods!). 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