<b>Aileen Stalker</b> is the co-author of<i> Paddling Through History: Sea Kayak Vancouver and Victoria</i> (RMB 2005) and <i>Understanding Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing in Children</i> (2007), and is the author of a children’s book, <i>The One and Only Sam: A Story Explaining Idioms for Children with Asperger Syndrome and Other Communication Difficulties</i> (2009). Originally from Ontario, she has lived in British Columbia for over 30 years, and as an author she is on her fifth career, after working as an occupational therapist, elementary school teacher, tutor and mother. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.