Clark Burbidge was born and raised in the high mountain valleys of the Rockies. He earned an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BS degree from the University of Utah. Clark spent 35 years in the banking, investment banking and corporate finance professions. He has ten published books including the middle reader/teen Giants in the Land trilogy of which this is the second. Nine of his books have been awarded gold medals by the Mom's Choice International association as top in category including each book in this trilogy. Clark and his wife, Leah, live near Salt Lake City, Utah, where they enjoy their blended family of ten children and eleven grandchildren.