Author Tom Dirsa, grew up on the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts and has been a life long Red Sox fan ever since. After a successful career as a teacher, basketball coach, and school administrator that took him and his wife, Margaret, to New England, Colorado, and Western Canada he retired to Leduc, Alberta, Canada. Since his retirement, Tom worked on his writing skills as a freelance reporter for a local weekly newspaper, wrote the Junior High Social Studies Preview/Review program for Alberta Distant Learning, was published in a number of national magazines, and has published a number of children's books about a child with ADHD. Currently, he spoke at a number of teachers' conventions while working on his next children's book. Sweaty Eyes was his first book released in 2014 and follows BJ as he attempts to become a member of a basketball team. In Fishing Lessons for Grandpa, BJ learns how to ask for something without asking. You can connect with Tom on Facebook or on his website: http: //www.fishinglessonsforgrandpa.co