About the Author

​Dr. Radu Guiaşu grew up in Romania and moved to Canada at age eighteen. Holding four university degrees in biology, education, and zoology, including a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Radu Guiaşu is a tenured university professor who teaches and conducts research in fields such as ecology, animal behaviour, and conservation biology. He has won teaching and research awards, and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, two academic biology books, as well as a novel, The Faraway Mountains, which was inspired by his experiences growing up under a communist dictatorship. He lives in the Greater Toronto Area with his family.