<p>A journalist, lecturer, and bestselling writer, Philip Lee began his career as an investigative reporter on Canada's east coast. <i>Restigouche</i> emerged from his long-standing interest in rivers and the people who love them. His first book, <i>Home Pool: The Fight to Save the Atlantic Salmon</i>, grew out of his award-winning reporting on the decline of the Atlantic salmon. Lee is also the author of <i>Frank: The Life and Politics of Frank McKenna</i>, a national bestseller, and <i>Bittersweet: Confessions of a Twice-Married Man</i>, which was long-listed for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.</p><p>A professor at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Lee developed the Dalton Camp lecture series, broadcast annually by CBC Radio's <i>Ideas</i> and edited <i>The Next Big Thing</i> (a published collection from the lectures). When he is not writing and teaching, Lee spends as much time as he can following the currents of rivers.</p>