Jack TrottierJack Trottier still resides in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell with a degree in Business Administration and works as a certified mobility consultant for an automotive dealership that specializes in mbility vehicles and adaptive driving equipment for those with disabilities. Jack coaches football at Tyngsboro High and advocates for people with spinal injuries. He looks forward to the day when medical research will make paralysis a thing of the past.

Jason Anthony was the 2014 Literary Fellow for the state of Maine and is the author of Hoosh: Roast Penguin, Scurvy Day, and Other Stories of Antarctic Cuisine, an award-winning narrative and culinary history of Antarctica. One of his essays was selected for The Best American Travel Writing 2007, and another was a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2006. For eight years, he taught literature and writing to young men in a small boarding school in Maine. It has been both a pleasure and an honor to work with Jack to tell his remarkable story. Read More Read Less