About the Author
Mark D. Freeman holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Vermont. His fieldwork has taken him from tracking grizzlies in the Northern Cascades and Canadian Rockies to studying black bears in Connecticut. He has also written, produced, and co-directed two independent films. After earning his MFA in Creative Writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts program, he began writing fiction that bridges scientific insight with deeply human stories.