Jim Mize writes from his cabin in the South Carolina mountains while his Lab, Moose, keeps the bears at bay. His award-winning books include The Winter of Our Discount Tent, A Creek Trickles Through It, Hunting With Beanpole, Fishing With Beanpole. The Jon Boat Years, Funny You Asked Me That!, and The Haunted Outhouse. His articles have appeared in Gray's Sporting Journal, Fly Fisherman, American Angler, Field & Stream, as well as many conservation publications. He has also received the Professional Outdoor Media Association's Pinnacle Award, their highest honor for outdoor books. His latest book, The Haunted Outhouse, was recently selected for an Excellence in Craft Award by the South Carolina Outdoor Press Association.