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"Readers will be focused on the mystery, pulled on by the gripping suspense." - Kirkus A Legendary Ghost, An Ancient Treasure, A Mystery Only Samantha Sutton Can Solve There's nothing Samantha Sutton wants more than to become an adventure-seeking archaeologist like her brilliant Uncle Jay. Samantha's big dreams are finally coming true when Jay invites her along on a summer excavation of an ancient temple in the Peruvian Andes. But this adventure isn't exactly what she thought it would be with her nosy older brother, Evan, and Jay's colleagues monitoring her every move. And she has to deal with the local legend, EI Loco: a ghostly madman who supposedly haunts the ruins. But when the project's most important finds go missing, it's up to Samantha to solve the mystery before the treasures of the temple are lost forever.
About the Author
I've loved archaeology--and writing!--for as long as I can remember. My childhood interest in mummies, castles and Indiana Jones led to my participation in my first excavation, at age 13, in California's Sierra Nevada. After completing a high school archaeology program in the American Southwest, I followed my passion at Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge. Since then, my work for the Smithsonian, the American Museum of Natural History and UNESCO Headquarters in Paris has focused on policy and the protection of archaeological sites in the developing world. My research and travel opportunities have taken me to almost fifty countries-- from Cambodia's ancient palaces, to Tunisia's Roman citadels, to Guatemala's Mayan heartland and the voodoo villages of Benin. I'm now Head of Cultural Policy at the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley, and live in San Francisco with my wife and daughter.
