Dave Atkinson is an award-winning freelance journalist, columnist, and broadcaster, and the author of <i>Wereduck</i>, nominated for a Hackmatack Book Award. His work for the CBC has appeared on <i>The Current</i>, <i>The Sunday Edition</i>, <i>Tapestry</i>, <i>Maritime Magazine</i>, <i>In the Field</i>, and regional radio programs across the country. He and his wife are homeschooling their three silly kids in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.