Erin Fanning spends her summers on a remote Michigan lake, where her imagination explores the water and dense forest for undiscovered creatures. In the winter, she migrates to central Idaho, exchanging mountain bikes and kayaks for skis and snowshoes. She's the author of The Curse of Blackhawk Bay (Sam's Dot Publishing) and Mountain Biking Michigan (Globe Pequot Press), as well as numerous short stories, articles, and essays.