Larry Weill's career life has been as diverse and interesting as the characters in his books. An avid naturalist, he has studied biology and entomology, he has worked as a Wilderness Park Ranger, a fire-tower observer, a financial planner, a technical writer, and a career Navy Reservist. Weill lives in Rochester, New York, with his family, and they frequently hike and climb in the Adirondacks. He is the author of the popular Adirondack Wilderness Ranger humor series as well as the first two books in this fiction trilogy, Adirondack Trail of Gold and In Marcy's Shadow.