Jerry Dennis's books, including The Windward Shore, The Living Great Lakes, and A Place on the Water, are widely praised and have been translated into six languages. His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Orion, Mid-American Review, PANK, Michigan Quarterly Review, and many other publications. He has received the Michigan Author of the Year Award, the Great Lakes Culture Award, the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, and other honors. Jerry lives with his wife, Gail, on a former cherry farm overlooking Grand Traverse Bay, in northern Michigan. Visit him on the web at www.jerrydennis.net.