Michael Carroll has been an astronomical/science fiction artist and author for three decades. He has done work for NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and dozens of book and magazine publishers internationally. His art has appeared in several hundred magazines throughout the world, including SMITHSONIAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, TIME, SKY & TELESCOPE, ASTRONOMY, and many others. Mike is a Fellow and founding member of the International Association for the Astronomical Arts. One of his paintings is resting at the north pole of Mars—in digital form—aboard the Phoenix lander. He is recipient of two Reader’s Choice awards for outstanding science fiction cover art, and the Lucien Rudaux Award for lifetime achievement in the astronomical arts. Michael has authored over 25 popular science books. He was the 2012 recipient of the American Astronomical Society’s Division of Planetary Sciences Jonathan Eberhart Award for the year’s best planetary science feature article. His latest book is the novel On The Shore of Titan’s Farthest Sea.