Steve Kopka has written all his life and has always been drawn to speculative fiction. He still remembers the excitement of discovering whole other worlds that seemed written just for him. Comet Jack is intended to be one of those books, a book that opens up a new secret world, and perhaps for some young readers become That Book which hurtles them forever into the boundless world of reading. What was Steve's "That Book"? There were several, including: The Phantom Tollbooth, The Chronicles of Amber, Cat's Cradle. Steve is a parent, aikidoist, groundless optimist, science enthusiast, skeptic of