Duane Sept's passion for wildlife has brought him to study his subjects and to work with them throughout North America as a biologist, naturalist, writer, professional photographer, and environmental consultant. His photographs and writings have been published in numerous periodicals, books, displays, and calendars. He is the author of eighteen previous books, including "A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life in the North Atlantic: Canada to Cape Cod", and lives in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia.