Penne, Phil

PHIL PENNE is a photographer, amateur mathematician, Native American flutemaker and performer, origami practitioner, Celtic knot designer, pentatonically-tuned windchime creator, soapmaker, and eternal student of the Tao. Someone once tried to label Mr. Penne a "Renaissance Man," but that sounded far too pretentious to him, so he simply channeled Mr. Albert Einstein in objection, stating, "I have no particular talent. I am merely extremely inquisitive." Above all, Phil cherishes and believes in the power of the imagination, which the old hippie inside him keeps vividly alive. His debut novel,