Irene Groot

Irene Groot is a retired history teacher whose innovative programs have won numerous statewide awards. The utopian totalitarianism portrayed in this novel was the focus of her research as a graduate student at Santa Clara University and has continued to intrigue her ever since. Her interests include writing, researching symbolism, curating the collected works of California Abstract Expressionist artist Arthur Colligan, and visiting the beach. Irene lives with her husband, Peter, an MIT trained...See more

Irene Groot is a retired history teacher whose innovative programs have won numerous statewide awards. The utopian totalitarianism portrayed in this novel was the focus of her research as a graduate student at Santa Clara University and has continued to intrigue her ever since. Her interests include writing, researching symbolism, curating the collected works of California Abstract Expressionist artist Arthur Colligan, and visiting the beach. Irene lives with her husband, Peter, an MIT trained mathematician, in Silicon Valley, the epicenter of genetic engineering. Biocube Escape is her first novel. See less