Ted Stone has been a writer and editor for newspapers, magazines and book publishers in the United States and Canada for more than 30 years. He has taught journalism, creative writing and storytelling courses, and he has performed as a storyteller or public speaker at a variety of venues, including the Fort Edmonton Storytelling Festival and the Yukon International Storytelling Festival. He has eight other books to his credit, one of which was short-listed for the Stephen Leacock Award for Humor. He lives on a ranch in southeastern Manitoba where he writes and looks after horses, and the path that was once the Red River Trail is nearby.