Donald F. Averill was born in Walla Walla, Washington but grew up in Ritzville, a small farming community in Eastern Washington. After teaching chemistry at Eastern New Mexico University for twenty-four years, he retired to Oregon in 2002. He began writing short stories in 2010 and published his first book in 2012. After publishing ten books, including Wolves' Hollow Murders, Detour in Oregon, An Iceberg's Gift, The Lighthouse Library, The Lighthouse Fire, The Kuiper Belt Deception, The Niffits, and The Antarctic Deception, he began working on one more book. When not writing, he is busy renovating his home.