<strong>Don Gayton</strong> is the 2009/2010 Haig-Brown Centenary Writer in Residence at the University of Victoria and an author of popular non-fiction. His books include <em>Interwoven Wild</em>, <em>Kokanee</em>, <em>Landscapes of the Interior</em> and <em>The Wheatgrass Mechanism</em>. He also writes for <em>Canadian Geographic</em> as well as technical articles on grasslands, climate change and fire ecology. His awards include the Saskatchewan Writers Guild non-fiction award, the US National Outdoor Book Award, the Canadian Science Writers Award and two shortlistings for the BC Book Awards. Gayton lives and works in Summerland, BC.Please visit Don at <a href=http://www.dongayton.ca">www.dongayton.ca</a>."