Dr. James C. (‘Jim’) Hendee worked as a scientist for the U.S. Government for 30 years before retiring in September, 2020. He has authored or co-authored 63 scientific publications, written two novels, been a commercial fisherman in Alaska, an aquaculturist in Hawaii and Texas, a snake-hunter and orchid collector in the Florida Everglades, worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, served in the Peace Corps, worked for three universities, and has been a scuba diver in the Pacific, the Indian, the Arctic, and the Atlantic Oceans (Florida and the Caribbean). He currently lives in Pompano Beach, Florida.