Author, illustrator, and fine artist Brad Teare shows how thinking like a castaway can promote new growth, development, and more positive thinking no matter where you are in your life. Teare has illustrated for the New York TImes as well as for books by authors such as James Michener, Anna Tyler, and Alice Walker. He has rafted the Big Blue River, built a log cabin in Northern Idaho, lived in Argentina for two years, and sailed the Great Salt Lake where he was marooned on Gunnison Island for two days due to lack of wind. He is the author of the graphic novel Cypher from Peregrine Smith Books as well as Thick Paint, a book about the art of painting with thick texture available on Wattpad.