A veterinarian and researcher, David Pitt-Brooke writes for a variety of nature and wildlife publications; he received a Canadian Science Writers Association Award for "Outstanding Contribution to Science Journalism." He has also bred falcons, collared caribou, and implanted radios in rattlesnakes. He was an Environmental Education Officer for Parks Canada for ten years. He lives in Tofino, British Columbia, on the edge of Clayoquot Sound.