Chuck Weikert is a retired park ranger who spent most of his career at Virgin Islands National Park. Seduced by coral reef ecosystems, he continues to visit and write about fishy friends in far flung destinations around the world.

A scuba diver and avid free diver, he can breath-hold for four minutes or for however long it takes to find a publisher for his book about coral reef denizens. He lives in Del Mar, California with his wife Rosemary and two cats.