Maureen Enns is an internationally renowned artist, educator, conservationist and co-author of Grizzly Heart: Living without Fear among the Brown Bears of Kamchatka, Grizzly Kingdom: An Artist's Encounter and Grizzly Seasons: Life with the Brown Bears of Kamchatka. She is well known for her ground breaking experimental research concerning human coexistence with grizzly bears in Russia's Far East and has been the subject of numerous TV documentaries, including Games End(1990), Grizzly Kingdom(1993), Walking With Giants(2001) and Wild Horses of the Canadian Rockies (2007). Born in British Columbia, Maureen lives in Banff, Alberta, with her partner, Rick Kunelius. Her studio is located along the Ghost River.