Allen Wyler [1] is a neurosurgeon and author. He practiced neurosurgery at the University of Washington, University of Tennessee, and finally at Swedish Hospital in Seattle before leaving practice to become Medical Director for Northstar Neuroscience in 2002. He has written several books and articles on the subject of epilepsy as well as published two novels, Deadly Errors (2005) [ISBN 978-0765351678 ] and Dead Head (2007)[ ISBN 978-0765355966 ]. He retired from Northstar in 2008.