Rick Revelle was born in Smiths Falls, Ontario, and raised in the Odessa and Wilton areas. He is a member of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation. His four novels in the Algonquin Quest series take place on both sides of the St. Lawrence River valley, from the Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains, during the years of 1320 to the 1350s, and introduce readers to Algonquin, Anishinaabe, Lakota, Mi¿kmaq, Mohawk and Lak¿óta languages. He lives in Napanee, Ontario.