Ellery StoneEllery Stone is the pen name of the American author Lori Stephens, pNLP, CCP. Stephens earned a BA in English literature and creative writing at the University of Oregon. She began working in the publishing field in 1988 and has edited over 200 bookson topics as varied as cancer research, dating for seniors, music therapy, Neurolinguistic Programming, software security, and zombies. The research for the Paradigms Lost series was extensive. In addition to visiting England, France, and Italy, she researched geographies including Egypt, India, Peru, Australia, Greece, Crete, and Spain. While writing "Deep Structure," she spent five years learning about archeology (specifically the history of Stonehenge) and quantum physics. The story of "Alpha Omega" required research into the structure of ancient languages, and she drew on her own experience with NLP and hypnotic language. "Viral Glyph" took her into studies of the Phaistos Disk, theories of its decipherment, and the history of cryptography. Descriptions of the world of magic were drawn from her association with a professional magician. Read More Read Less