Martin Sherwood is the pen name of Motti Sharir, M.D., Ph.D., an Israeli ophthalmologist who was trained in glaucoma microsurgery and obtained his PhD in Toxicology at the University of Louisville, KY. Later he became the chief of the Dept. of Ophthalmology. Throughout the years, he’s extensively published scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, as well as co-authored the “Textbook of Ocular Pharmacology” [Lippincott-Raven]. For over thirty years he’s been involved in multiple research projects, so the world described in his books is not foreign to him. Besides medical thrillers, he also authored “Ribbon of Darkness” – a historical suspense/mystery tale about the Cyclops and Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan in Kentucky, and “Yellow Rain” about a biological terror attack. When not seeing patients or writing books and screenplays, Sherwood plays tango on his accordion – an incurable addiction since the age of six. But first and foremost, he is hopelessly in love with his five granddaughters. Sherwood divides his time between Israel and the US.