BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steve Kihm lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his Australian terrier Toby. The Lost Candy Bar is his first book. The story behind the book is a long and complicated one. If you want to know more, read on.

The Author's Tale - A Mathematician Writes About Fishing?
Steve Kihm's journey to becoming an award-winning author is a circuitous one. He grew up in La Crosse, Wisconsin, a veritable paradise for people who love to hunt and fish. Located at the confluence of the Mississippi, Black, and La Crosse Rivers, the area is known for its natural beauty.

Young Steve was, however, a reluctant outdoorsman. Unlike his father and grandfather, who were as comfortable on the water as they were on land, Steve preferred solving math problems and reading the encyclopedia from the comfort of his home. Unlike most of his cohorts, he loved going to school and he hated fishing. The river was a scary place for him as a child.

Nevertheless, he did venture out a few times in an attempt to please his father and grandfather, neither of whom could fathom that a child would rather read a book than go fishing. (Steve also does not like ice cream - Steve's dad thinks he is an alien.) The Lost Candy Bar describes one of these fateful trips. One other time Steve went trout fishing with his father. During that trip, while little Steve rode atop his father's shoulders, his dad took a wrong step and both of them ended up in the swirling, and icy cold, waters of Winnebago Creek. Steve could not understand the allure of fishing since it seemed that he always ended up wet and cold. Then there was ice fishing. Standing on the ice in freezing temperatures didn't do much for him either. The fact that he didn't get wet while ice fishing was offset by the fact that it was so cold he couldn't feel his fingers or toes.

A Non-Fisherman's Life...