About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR When R. L. Gemmill was 20, he hitchhiked from Virginia to California to visit relatives. Along the way he climbed Handy's Peak in southern Colorado, had all of his food stolen by ground squirrels in the Grand Canyon, and most importantly, began to read books while snowed in on the campus of Michigan Tech University. He had been writing books since the age of 12, but actually reading books changed everything. Gemmill taught biology and anatomy in Virginia for 32 years and is now retired. R. L. Gemmill's favorite quote (which saved him from depression and worse): "If your life bores you, risk it." James Dickey, author of Deliverance.