Kenn Thomas has written about parapolitics--conspiracy theories-- for thirty years. His most well-known book, The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro, helped expose the spyware known as PROMIS and the likely assassination of the writer who investigated it. Thomas' other works, include: JFK & UFO, tracing JFK's assassination to the UFO subcult; Parapolitics! Conspiracy in Contemporary America, discussing the sociological dimensions of conspiracy; Popular Paranoia, a collection of Thomas' magazine, Steamshovel Press; and many others. His work has received acclaim for its its clarifying examinations of the conspiracy phenomenon.