Hal GiddensHal Giddens is a retired professional engineer who has travelled extensively for work. He has written technical papers, engineering procedures, and even poetry. He is retired from several boards, including the local hospital. His best memories come fom when he was a young boy, living in the country, reading about the fun relationship between wild animals and kids just like himself. Hal and his family have been in the blueberry business for many years and a friend has a sugar woods, all of which inspired the setting for this story.

Hal is a graduate of Mount Allison University and received a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Nova Scotia Technical University 1960, now Dalhousie University.

He now lives in a small community in northern Nova Scotia, near where many bears live just like Charlie. Read More Read Less