The Seal Garden

Ian McAllister is the author of many books and his award-winning photographs have appeared in publications around the world. He is a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers and a recipient of the North America Nature Photography Association's Vision Award and the Rainforest Action Network's Rainforest Hero award. He is the founding director of Pacific Wild, a Canadian nonprofit wildlife-conservation group. He lives with his family on an island in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. For more information, visit www.pacificwild.org.

Nicholas Read is a journalism instructor at Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He collaborated with Ian McAllister on several books, including Wolf Island, A Bear's Life, The Seal Garden and The Great Bear Sea and wrote City Critters, about urban wildlife. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.