Paul Clayton is the author of a three-book historical series on the Spanish Conquest of the Floridas-- Calling Crow, Flight of the Crow, and Calling Crow Nation (Putnam/Berkley), and a novel, Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam (St. Martin's Press), based on his own experiences in that war. Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam was a finalist at the 2001 Frankfurt eBook Awards, along with works by Joyce Carol Oates (Faithless) and David McCullough (John Adams). His other works include:-- White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke-- a work of historical fiction, Strange Worlds, a collection of Sci-Fi/Fantasy short stories, and In the Shape of a Man, a work of 'literary/horror.'