About the Author Paul Mila has expanded his horizons from Brooklyn to Baja and beyond. In 2002 He traded in his corporate suit for a wetsuit and now devotes his time to writing, scuba diving, underwater photography, and speaking to groups about ocean conservation. He has enjoyed photographing and diving with Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas, humpback whales in the Dominican Republic and Tonga, great white sharks at Guadalupe Island, Mexico, and a wide variety of sea life around the world, including his home waters of Long Island, New York, and his favorite dive location: Cozumel, Mexico. Diving in the same waters as the characters in his books enables Paul to write exciting, realistic dive adventures and to accurately describe the beauty and wonder of our undersea world for non-diving readers.

Fugitive In Paradise is the sixth novel in his Terry & Joe Manetta dive adventure/thriller series. Paul has also co-authored Bubbles Up, a non-fiction collection of ocean adventures and sea creature encounters, with Judith Hemenway. He has published three entertaining and informative children’s books through Best Publishing Company, featuring sea turtles and his underwater photography: Harry Hawksbill Helps His Friends, Gracie Green Turtle Finds Her Beach, and Larry Loggerhead Travels to the Sea Turtle Hospital.

Paul and his family reside in Carle Place, New York. Besides diving and writing, Paul teaches underwater photography at Scuba Network, and coaches tennis at Carle Place High School. You can contact Paul via e-mail at paul@paulmila.com, visit his website at www.milabooks.com and check out his newsletter, The Sea-gram, at www.sea-gram.com