Ian McAllister is the author of many books and his award-winning photographs have appeared in publications around the world. He is a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers and a recipient of the North America Nature Photography Association's Vision Award and the Rainforest Action Network's Rainforest Hero award. He is the founding director of Pacific Wild, a Canadian nonprofit wildlife-conservation group. He lives with his family on an island in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. For more information, visit www.pacificwild.org.
Nicholas Read is a journalism instructor at Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He collaborated with Ian McAllister on Wolf Island, The Salmon Bears, The Sea Wolves and The Great Bear Sea and wrote City Critters, about urban wildlife. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.