Biography of the author

Ben Mikaelsen was born in La Paz, in Bolivia on 8 December 1952. He went to an English school and moved to the USA in the seventh grade. He always  knew that he wanted to be a writer, but he only started writing in college. He has lived in Montana for 21 years and started writing full time in 1984. Among his many adventures and interests are skydiving, flying, horseback riding, and traveling to the North Pole and South America. And  many of these subjects can be found in his books. He has won many awards for his writing, including the International Reading Association Award and Western Writer's Golden Spur Award. He is married and has children. Plus, he had a 700-pound black bear named Buffy for 26 years. Unfortunately, the bear died in 2010.