Paul D RathPaul D. Rath is a Canadian who was born in Brazil to Lutheran missionaries Ernest and Crystal Rath. When he was five his parents brought him home to Canada. He has lived in the Peace River country of Northern Alberta, the Okanagan Valley, and Victori. He currently lives with the catch of his life, his wife, Lisa, in the uppermost northwest corner of British Columbia, above Haines, Alaska, where the mountains are many and the people are few. Rath studied creative writing at the University of Victoria and graduated with a B.A. in 1980. He has worked as a grocer, a letter carrier, a life insurance salesman, and is now retired from the Canada Border Services Agency, which he served in both Osoyoos and as a supervisor in Prince Rupert. Rath is a contributing writer for What's Up Yukon, an arts and entertainment magazine, in which he shares his passion for stories about fishing, community life, and whatever else is happening along the Haines Highway in Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon. He is also working on a book of family stories for his grandchildren. To say Rath is an avid fisherman is a gross understatement. Besides fishing for white fish, kokanee, perch, and trout in the Okanagan Valley, he has caught salmon, halibut, and steelhead on the Pacific North Coast; as well as bluegills and sunfish in the U.S. Paul has caught muskellunge on Lake Sinclair with Detroit visible in the distance; pike (or jackfish) in Alberta, Ontario, and Great Slave Lake; pickerel in Georgian Bay and in Alberta; sailfish off the coast of Costa Rica, while dolphins danced around him; and mahi mahi and barracuda off the coast of the Dominican Republic. When Rath is not fishing or writing, he is tending to his garden or fussing over his grand composting adventure.

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