John Riha was born and raised in the Midwest. He migrated to the West several times and finally resolved to stay there, in the big mountains and clear rivers. He is married to a beautiful, funny woman he doesn't deserve, and he is father to two sons who certainly must have done something right to deserve such a generous, understanding, and doting father. From the author: I've always been into writing, nature, and some form of carpentry. I grew up with lake houses, summer places which, as a small boy, balanced my suburban life with a magical universe full of waves and seaweed and tadpoles and r...