Sean B. Carroll is an internationally recognized biologist, award-winning author, and Emmy-winning executive producer. He is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Balo-Simon Chair and Distinguished University Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland, and professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include A Series of Fortunate Events (Princeton) and Remarkable Creatures, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for nonfiction.