Reformed monster-fish angler Mark Spitzer is the author of thirty-plus books, including Season of the Gar (University of Arkansas Press), Return of the Gar (University of North Texas Press), and Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West and In Search of Monster Fish from University of Nebraska Press. He has appeared on the Animal Planet series River Monsters and has consulted for National Geographic's Monster Fish show. Spitzer is a professor of creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas who specializes in poetry. He is also editor in chief of the cutting-edge poetry series Toad Suck Editions, an imprint of MadHat Press. He lives part-time in New York's Mid-Hudson River Valley where he hikes the mountain trails hunting salamanders and wild mushrooms with his dog. For more info visit www.sptzr.net.