Debut Novel Out Now
“Maurer holds back nothing in his writing. His imagination is unparalleled.”
— Julia A. Whitehead, Founder of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library and Author of Breaking Down Vonnegut
“Sex, mayhem, and medical mysteries — where did my husband come up with all of that?”
— Janie Maurer, Wife of the Author
the Methuselah Gene
by Michael S. Maurer
In The Methuselah Gene, Michael S. Maurer’s mesmerizing medical thriller, Alex Morton, a talented but unorthodox scientist, undertakes the care of little Jimmy Higgins who suffers from one of the rarest diseases in the world, progeria, a genetic mutation that grossly accelerates the aging process.
Alex’s study of progeria yields staggering discoveries about the mother of all diseases, aging. What Alex does not know is that Mother Nature jealously guards her secrets and that his newly developed therapies will lead to calamitous unintended consequences.
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About Maurer
An Indianapolis native, Michael S. “Mickey” Maurer received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from University of Colorado and a law degree from Indiana University, where he was a writer and an editor of the Law Journal. In 2008, Indiana University renamed its law school the Indiana University Michael Maurer School of Law. He also successfully completed the CPA examination. In 2001, he established “Mickey’s Camp,” a charitable endeavor that has raised more than $2 million for central Indiana charities. In 2006, Maurer was named Indiana’s Secretary of Commerce by Gov. Mitch Daniels, serving in that position until 2008. Maurer is a regularly published contributor to The New York Times crossword puzzle. In 2003 Maurer authored a book of his underwater photography entitled “Water Colors.” He published five additional books of nonfiction. The Methuselah Gene is his first novel. Maurer and his wife, Janie, have three children and nine grandchildren.
Michael S. Maurer good-naturedly taking a beating at a “roast” in 2021.