Martin Fallon grew up on a dairy farm in Upstate New York. After a career as a social worker and educator, he relocated to Florida to escape the snowdrifts. He has spent years prowling the backroads and waterways of this sometimes lawless land, writing extensively about his loves: old trucks, sailing, tennis, family, and social justice. (Not necessarily in that order.) He blogs at www.pushupsrequired.wordpress.com. THE DAUGHTERS is his third novel.