[4], 220 pages. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Inscribed by the author on the

[4], 220 pages. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads: Andy Teiler--I suppose this isn't an ordinary vampire story, but I hope you like it anyway. Roger DiSilvestro 29 Jan 91. Attempting to cope with life as a werewolf, young insurance executive Stanley Merriweather gets engaged, begins therapy with a psychiatrist who moonlights as a murderer, avoids his big-game-hunter father, and meets a motherly vampire. Roger started writing short stories when he was seven or eight years old. At eleven, he decided he wanted to be a naturalist like writer/artist Ernest Thompson Seton and, in later years, George Schaller. He abandoned work on a doctorate in zoology, however, to get a second master's in journalism to fulfill his life-long desire to write. Wildlife and its protection have been at the center of virtually all of his writing, including ten books and myriad magazine articles. He has worked as a writer, editor, communications director, and major-donor proposal writer for various wildlife conservation groups. Roger is the author of Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands along with seven other nonfiction books and two novels. He latest book is Return of the Bison: How Saving the American Buffalo Will Help Vanishing Species Everywhere. A humor novel published by Donald I. Fine, Inc.; it also was published in Germany and Sweden and staged as a musical play in Germany. "Former zoo curator Di Silvestro turns out a romp worthy of such comic fantasy masters as Frederic Brown and, when he wants to be funny, Stephen King. Fraught with hilarious plot twists, the story lurches along toward a horribly happy ending. Terrific entertainment." Booklist. From a Publishers Weekly article: Stanley Merriweather is a plump, sweet-natured young man who seems destined never to get a girl and never to leave his mark on the world, much to the disgust of his take-charge, big-game-hunter father. But one night Stanley steps out of character and comes to the aid of a lady of the evening who is being brutalized by her pimp. The woman, named Ursula, shows her gratitude by biting Stanley on the shoulder. A werewolf, Ursula has spotted Stanley for the Walter Mitty that he is, and has decided to add some excitement to his life by passing on her special talent. Stanley likes being a wolf. He's trimming down, adding muscle to his human form from all the exercise, and women are finding him attractive for the first time in his life. Things go sour, however, when his father declares he'll add Stanley to his trophy room during the next full moon.