Monte Burke is the author of Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession and the Hunt for the World Record Tarpon, and the New York Times bestseller, Saban: The Making of a Coach , a biography of Alabama head coach, Nick Saban. He is also the author of 4TH And Goal: One Man's Quest to Recapture His Dream , which won an Axiom Award for biography, and Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World Record Largemouth Bass , which was named one of the best books of the year by Sports Illustrated and Amazon, and was chosen for Barnes & Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" program. After a 14-year stint as a reporter, staff writer and editor at Forbes , he is now a contributing editor at the magazine. He is also a contributing editor at Garden & Gun and The Drake . Connect with him via Twitter @monteburke, or through monteburke.com. David DiBenedetto is the editor in chief of Garden & Gun magazine and the former editor of Salt Water Sportsman. His writing has appeared in numerous publications and has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing and Take Me Fishing: 50 Great Writers on their Favorite Sport .

He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his family.