Bio: David Meade Betts, born in Dover, New Jersey on August 2, 1948 and grew up in the neighboring town of Rockaway. After attending public and private school in New Jersey and New York he traveled extensively throughout the United States before settling in Bucksport, Maine USA.

Besides his pursuits in writing, David Betts is a manufacturer of tree growing kits which are distributed throughout the US and Canada. He also maintains his site http://www.growatree.com from where he sells his products worldwide.