Award-winning author Cary J. Griffith earned a B.A. in English from the University of Iowa and an M.A. in library science from the University of Minnesota. His books explore the natural world. In nonfiction, he covers the borderlands between civilization and wild places. In fiction, he focuses on the ways some people use flora and fauna to commit crimes, while others with more reverence and understanding of the natural world leverage their knowledge to bring criminals to justice. He lives with his family in a suburb of Minnesota's Twin Cities.