Robert L. Hunton is the author of the Borderlands Trilogy: Gift of the Desert Dog (Open Books Press, 2010), {Secrets of the Medicine Pouch (OBP, 2012), and Coyote-meeter’s Abyss (OBP, 2014), and other novels of mystery and adventure for young readers. His career as a middle school teacher in the Colchester, Vermont School District spanned thirty-two years, during which time he taught 7th and 8th grade language arts/social studies lessons on topics as diverse as cartoon storyboards, Plains Indian winter counts, and medieval castle construction, in places extending beyond the classroom—under a cantilevered rock on a mountainside, in the sanctuary of old barns and covered bridges, and in the woods surrounding Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, where he walked with his students in the footsteps of Montcalm, Washington, and Ethan Allen. He has delivered graduation addresses, conducted workshops on curriculum and website development, hammered nails with a president, coached boy’s and girl’s basketball, and led cub scouts in Blue and Gold banquet songs. He is an active member of the League of Vermont Writers, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Society of Southwestern Authors. He now lives with wife, Julie, near Tucson, Arizona. Visit the author on-line at www.robertlhunton.com and/or his blog at www.desertdogblog.blogspot.com