Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for "Outdoor Life" and "Field & Stream". His most recent books are the Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries "Avalanche" and "The Blight Way". He is the author of many other books, including such runaway "New York Times" bestsellers as "The Grasshopper Trap", "The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw", and "Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!" He lives in Spokane, Washington.