The Muskokans is my first novel. I've drawn upon half a lifetime of inspiration growing up in the Ontario wilderness to sculpt the imaginary world in The Muskokans. During the summers of my childhood, this actual world consisted of a century old lodge built on the craggy granite shores of an island in the Muskoka Lakes from where I rarely set foot on mainland soil; my playground limited only by the boundaries of the island shores, the sky and my imagination. The old lodge with its many suites, meandering halls and subterranean chambers filled with timeless relics, became my playhouse. I grew to adulthood surrounded by the legacy of the grand Muskoka Lakes steamships and the ghosts of stately hotels from a bygone era. Winter months were spent with my family in our mainland home a half-mile across the water on the rugged and majestic Canadian Shield. Here I learned to hunt with a bow and a rifle, to fish, to trap muskrat, to snowshoe and to exist in a harsh environment. I have spent my adult life in the Toronto advertising industry working as a creative and production professional; writing an extension of my creative passion. I have two grown sons  and reside in Burlington Ontario.