ANDREW F. MACDONALD holds a Ph.D. in English (Renaissance Studies) from The University of Texas in Austin and is a Professor at Loyola University New Orleans. Author of Howard Fast, he is also co-author of Mastering Writing Essentials, Shapeshifting: The Native American in Recent Fiction, Shaman or Sherlock? The Native American Detective, Jane Austen on Screen (CUP), and Scott Turow (forthcoming from Greenwood Press). He has published numerous articles for books, journals, and encyclopedias on a wide range of topics including popular fiction, cross cultural concerns, English as a Second Langua...