Keith Kauffmann worked as an agricultural scientist for thirty years. In that field he was able to travel and work extensively throughout the United States and internationally. Using his wide knowledge of agricultural science and his keen observations of the world and its oftentimes troubling relationship with technology and science, Keith Kauffmann has penned a satirical, thoughtful, and thoroughly enjoyable first novel, Fredrick Stanley Cockroach. Keith Kauffmann lives in Arizona with his wife.