Robin Knowles, a native and lifelong resident of Florida, lives happily overlooking a river that leads into Tampa Bay, and so has access to all the salty seas of the earth. He's also authored The Parrot's Revenge, the second book in The Parrot Series, as well as Death of Rapunzel, a thriller, One to Nuthin', a compilation of short stories about fishing with his father, and Grandpa Stories, a collection of stories his parents read and recorded for his children forty years ago.