Jim Lynch has written four novels, two of which were set on the shores, tidal flats and open waters of Puget Sound. His first novel, The Highest Tide, starred a boy who kept finding marine life that shouldn’t be washing up in South Puget Sound. The book was a bestseller in the United States and in England and has been published in a dozen languages. His most recent novel, Before the Wind, is about an eccentric Seattle family obsessed with building and racing sailboats. That novel was a bestseller in France in 2018. Jim grew up in the Seattle area and now lives in Olympia.