Description: Chicago Tribune reporter Roger Merrick has been charged with investigating a curious piece of the older world: the grand Fountain Spring House of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Now past its heyday of resort tourism, its precipitous decline proves to be a denser mystery than the Chicagoan first anticipated.
Brief description: Sean Michael Malone is a native and lifelong resident of Southeastern Wisconsin. Sean earned his B.A. in European History from Concordia University Wisconsin and his M.A. in Medieval History from Marquette University. He enjoys finding inspiration in travelling with his wife, Athena, especially observing the natural beauty of New Zealand's Fiordland and reflecting in the shadow of historical sites of France, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. He currently resides in West Allis, Wisconsin.