Steve Alten grew up in Philadelphia, earning his Bachelors in Physical Education at Penn State University, a Masters in Sports Medicine from the University of Delaware, and a Doctorate at Temple University. Steve played and coached basketball at the high school and college levels, and worked informally with legendary coach John Chaney for 4 years. When a business he owned failed, he decided to pen a novel about Carcharodon megalodon, the 70-foot prehistoric great white shark. MEG (Bantam/Dou ...[Read Story]
