Peter Helmberger was born in Perham, Minnesota. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley. He has served ...view morePeter Helmberger was born in Perham, Minnesota. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley. He has served on the faculties of Pennsylvania State University, the University of California-Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Now a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, he has launched a wildly successful second career, writing comic novels that earn royalties in the tens of dollars annually.view less