Randy Wayne White is the author of the popular Doc Ford novels and the nonfiction collections Batfishing in the Rainforest, The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua, Last Flight Out, and An American Traveler. A onetime veteran fishing guide, he lives in an old house built on an Indian mound and spends much of his free time windsurfing, playing baseball, and hanging out at Doc Ford's Sanibel Rum Bar and Grille on Sanibel Island, Florida.