Kim Heacox is the award-winning author of several nonfiction books and the novel "Caribou Crossing," His feature articles have appeared in "Audubon," "Travel & Leisure," "Wilderness," "Islands," "Orion," and "National Geographic Traveler," His editorials, written for the "Los Angeles Times," have appeared in many major newspapers across the United States. When not playing the guitar, doing simple carpentry, or writing another novel, he's sea kayaking with Melanie, his wife or watching a winter wren on the woodpile.