RICHARD THAKE comes to children's publishing as a veteran of the advertising business; he was an Associate Creative Director of one of Canada’s largest advertising agencies. A father of three grown children and a grandfather of three, he has finally found the time to write the Sir Seth series - a thinly disguised glimpse into his own “theater of the mind” childhood adventures with his friends in the Don River Valley and The Beach areas of Toronto. He lives in Newcastle, ON.