MICHAEL SIMS is the author of acclaimed nonfiction such as Adam’s Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form and Apollo’s Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination, as well as a companion book to the National Geographic Channel TV series In the Womb: Animals. He is also the editor of several literary collections, including The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel, The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime, and Dracula’s Guest, the first volume of his new Connoisseur’s Collection of Victorian Fiction for Bloomsbury. His writing has appeared in many periodicals, including the Times of London, Chronicle of Higher Education, Orion, New Statesman, and Washington Post. Please visit Michael’s Web site at www.michaelsimsbooks.com.