Michael Kluckner lived and worked on Killara Farm in Langley, BC, from 1993 to 2006. Since then he and his wife, Christine Allen, have lived in Australia, returning to Vancouver in 2010. In addition to being an accomplished artist, Kluckner is the author of more than a dozen books, including "A Pullet Surprise: A Year on an Urban Farm" (Raincoast, 1997) and "Vanishing British Columbia" (UBC Press/University of Washington Press, 2005).