Frank McKinney is a two-time international bestselling author, philanthropist, and extreme risk-taker best known for his unprecedented success as a real-estate "artist" and visionary. From his modest first $50,000 fixer-upper in 1986 to his first $2.2 million spec home on the ocean in 1992, McKinney has created and sold 36 oceanfront properties with an average selling price over $15 million. Now into 2009 and beyond, the world's wealthiest clamor for his masterpieces, each inspired by exotic locales and infused with vivid imagination. McKinney was recently recognized as one of the ten most inf...