C.D.Field has enjoyed a lifetime's love affair with horses and dogs. A keen equestrian competitor for many years and the proud owner of several Great Dane dogs. Horses and Danes take a lot of feeding; so, a career in senior education and academia helped pay the vets bills! Interest in the supernatural provided the inspiration for the Zackery Grimm series - many of the incidents in this series are based on actual, documented sources. Twenty years dealing with young people in the education system, from comprehensive, through college and university, ensured a cornucopia of personal experiences from which to draw in the creation of the Medicine Tree series which seeks to tackle the very real, psychological issues affecting young people today as they journey through this very stressful time in their lives.