What was life like 80 million years ago? Discover a lost world through the eyes of a very special dinosaur. MAIA is a realistic account of the life of a young dinosaur, written by the first paleontologist ever to discover an extensive dinosaur nesting ground. This discovery, made by paleontologist John R. Horner in the Montana grasslands in 1978, enabled scientists to piece together a picture of a new species of peaceable, duck-billed dinosaurs. MAIA is that story. Jack Horner is a severely dyslexic dinosaur paleontologist! He attended the University of Montana for 14 semesters without receiving a degree. He has since received three honorary doctorates and a plethora of awards including a MacArthur Fellowship and the Romer Simpson Medal for lifetime achievement from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Jack was Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies, and Regents Professor of Paleontology at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, for 34 years. He has more than 300 publications including 9 books. He was the technical advisor for all of the Jurassic Park / Jurassic World movies. He currently teaches at Chapman University in Orange, California, where he lives.