As a freelance journalist, Steve Bunk reported from places throughout Asia, including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, China, and Sri Lanka. For years, he freelanced in Australia, while based in Sydney, Darwin, Perth, and Hobart. He co-authored a nonfiction bestseller in that country (The Stump-Jumpers), wrote two travel books, and contributed to numerous other magazines, books, and newspapers. He also wrote for The Scientist while based in Philadelphia, Albuquerque, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Other work includes a YA novel (The Uprising) and a nonfiction book about a standoff in the Northwest between environmentalists and big business (Goliath Staggered). Steve is now Managing Editor of Idaho Magazine and a guy who appreciates what being a father has done for him.