John Hope is an award-winning short story, children's book, middle grade fiction and nonfiction history writer. His work appears in science fiction/fantasy anthologies and multiple collections of the best of the Florida Writers Association. Mr. Hope, a native Floridian, loves to travel with his devoted wife, Jaime, and two rambunctious kids. He enjoys running, reading, and writing. Oh, yeah. And he loves sharks. When he was in third grade (pictured above) he'd race to the card catalog of every library he visited and searched for one word: shark. He dreamed of being a marine biologist, swimming with sharks, studying them in and out. Often, he'd submerge to the bottoms of swimming pools and prowl the bottom like a shark, hunting, lurking. Dreams change. And though he never became a marine biologist, he got to do the next best thing - write his dreams in book form. Read more at www.johnhopewriting.com