James B. Dworkin is an educator who is based in Indiana. The author is currently chancellor at Purdue University North Central, a position he has held for fourteen years. His work has been recognized with several awards, and he was recently honored by being named a Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Mike Pence of Indiana. Dworkin is the author of two books, and has published more than eighty articles on labor economics and labor relations. "The Dog and the Dolphin" is his first children's book.