Frank Beddor had scaled the heights of professional skiing (as a two-time freestyle world champion) and filmmaking (as producer of the 1998 hit "There's Something About Mary") before deciding to become an author. He has since penned the New York Times best seller "The Looking Glass Wars," the first volume of a like-titled trilogy centered around challenging Lewis Carroll's interpretation of the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland. He has also created the "Hatter M" series and developed various companion products to his works, ranging from an apparel line to a pending role-playing video game.