Writing under the name Will Hertling for children's novels and William Hertling for teen and adult science fiction, Mr. Hertling is an award-winning and best-selling author of science fiction about robots and artificial intelligence. His novels have been called "frighteningly plausible," "tremendous," and "must read." His children, who loved Nancy Drew, The Boxcar Children, and Encyclopedia Brown, insisted he write a book for them. The Case of the Wilted Broccoli is his first children's novel.