**Tim Weed **is the author of A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing, Will Poole's Island, and The Afterlife Project. A former international travel guide, Weed serves on Salve Regina University's core faculty for the Newport MFA in creative writing and is a cofounder of the Cuba Writers Program. When not at his writing desk, he can most often be found skiing, fishing, or tending to his trees. Weed is based in Vermont, but splits his time traveling to Nantucket, Colorado, and the greater Boston area. To find out more, visit www.timweed.net.