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= M. Sasinowski = M. Sasinowski is a pen name for Maciek Sasinowski (born 3 July 1971, Gdańsk, Poland), a Polish-American scientist, entrepreneur, physician and writer. He is best known for his contributions to the field of bioinformatics and the best-selling young adult adventure trilogy, Blood of Ra.

Biographical sketch
Sasinowski was born in Gdańsk, Poland. His father was a physicist, his mother was a bookkeeper at Gdańsk University of Technology. In 1981, three months before the enforcement of martial law in Poland, his family fled to Hamburg in the former West Germany. He attended Gesamtschule Steilshoop and Gymnasium Bramfeld (now Johannes Brahms Gymnasium) until 1987. At age 16, he traveled to Byesville, Ohio as an exchange student and graduated from Meadowbrook High School in 1988. He remained in the U.S. and received a B.S. in physics from Youngstown State University, Ohio in 1991, and a Ph.D. in plasma physics from College of William and Mary in Virginia under Prof. Allen Boozer. Sasinowski spent his last year of graduate school at Columbia University. He was an Adjunct Professor and Director of the Bioinformatics Center at Clemson University, and founded the biotechnology company INCOGEN. He received an M.D. from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in 2012 and and is a licensed physician in Virginia.

Heir of Ra (Blood of Ra #1, 2018)
Alyssa Morgan, the sixteen-year-old daughter of a maverick archaeologist, discovers the world is not quite what it seems when an excavation of the fabled Hall of Records beneath the Sphinx unleashes an ancient disease that leaves her father fighting for his life. As Alyssa races to find a cure, she stumbles upon a haunting artifact—and trespasses into the mind of an Egyptian god. The story continues in two parallel timelines and provides the accounts of a pair of distinct, yet ultimately linked characters: Alyssa, as she unravels memories of an advanced race hidden within the relic; and a young boy, Horus, exiled from his island home of Atlantis who rises to become worshipped as the falcon-headed god. Alyssa evades ruthless adversaries set on conquering the power within the artifact, and she discovers the value of Horus’s hybrid blood and its connection to the ancient disease.

Daughter of Ra (Blood of Ra #2, 2019)
Plagued by visions from the past, Alyssa struggles to discern myth from reality. Desperate to uncover the truth about her ancestry and her mother's tragic disappearance, Alyssa reunites with old friends--and old foes--to discover that her only hope lies in a secret world, hidden in plain sight.

Legacy of Ra (Blood of Ra #3, 2019)
The Rathadi, defeated and ravaged by illness, are in hiding. Alyssa learns that she must awaken Horus's last memory to unlock her potential and claim her birthright as his Legacy, before leading her ancestral race in a battle against their age-old adversary.

Literary Awards

 * Beverly Hills Book Award (2018)
 * Reader's Favorite Award (2019)
 * IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award (2019)
 * American Fiction Award (2019)