For as long as Sean Patrick Hill can remember, he has been traveling. Among those first memories are the car trips his father would take the family on. Yet once he was in college and free to travel wherever he pleased, Sean continuted to explore the great cities of the east. He became interested in the outdoors and soon found himself paddling the Chemung River, climbing through the Black Forest of Pennsylvania, and hiking the glaciated gorges of New York.

When Sean moved to Oregon at the age of 24, he believed he had found paradise. He settled in Eugene and began to explore the Pacific Coast, the Willamette Valley, and the Cascade Mountains. He soon began writing the outdoor column "Open Air" for The Source Weekly, avidly mapping and hiking the Central Oregon Cascades, Steens Mountain, the Blue Mountain Range, and the Siskiyou Mountains. He moved to Portland to earn his master's degree, and found a whole new array of territory to explore. It is this enthusiasm that Sean brings to his travel writing.

Sean currently works as a freelance writer for publications such as The Oregonian, Travel Oregon, and Washington Trails.

Craig Schuhmann has been fishing in Oregon since the age of 11. He spent his early years fishing Oregon’s steelhead and trout rivers around the Columbia Basin and Central Oregon.

Craig is the author of the book Get Started Fly-Fishing! and has published numerous articles in Fly Tyer magazine and Flyfishing & Tying Journal. He holds a master’s degree in theology from the University of Portland, and works as the Outreach Programs Director for Integral Youth Services, a faith-based nonprofit serving at-risk youth.

Craig currently resides in Klamath Falls, Oregon, with his daughter and wife, where he runs a seasonal guide business, Guided Waters Flyfishing, and teaches fly-fishing and tying at Klamath Community College.

Tom Stienstra’s full-time job for 30 years has been to capture and communicate the outdoor experience. This has led him across California, boating, fishing, camping, hiking, biking, and flying: searching for the best of the outdoors and then writing about it.

Tom is the nation’s top-selling author of outdoors guidebooks. He was inducted into the California Outdoor Hall of Fame and has twice been awarded National Outdoor Writer of the Year, newspaper division, by the Outdoor Writers Association of America. He has also been named California Outdoor Writer of the Year five times, most recently in 2007. Tom is the outdoors columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, and his articles appear on www.SFGate.com and in newspapers around the country. He broadcasts a weekly radio show on KCBS-San Francisco and formerly hosted an outdoor television show and specials on the CBS/CW networks. 
Tom, his wife, Stephani, and son, Kris, live in Northern California. You can contact Tom directly via the website www.TomStienstra.com.

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