PETER KAMINSKY is one of America's leading angling journalists and authors. His Outdoors column has appeared in the New York Times for thirty-five years. A recipient of the C.F. Orvis Outdoor Writing Award, Kaminsky has been a contributing editor at Field & Stream, Sports Afield , and Outdoor Life and was managing editor of National Lampoon . His angling writing has also appeared in Fly Fisherman , Condé Nast Traveler , Smithsonian Magazine , GQ , The Field , and Anglers Journal . Among his books are The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass , American Waters , The Flyfisherman's Guide to the Meaning of Life , Fishing for Dummies , and Flyfishing for Dummies . As avid a cook as he is a fisherman, he's written eighteen cookbooks, including three with Francis Mallmann.

His television credits include creator and executive producer of The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and The Gershwin Prize for Popular song. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.