Jamie McEwan has written articles and short stories for publications ranging from Canoe and Kayak to Parade to anthologies such as Sports Shorts. He has also published six children's books. McEwan competed internationally for over twenty years in whitewater canoe and kayak slalom. He won a Bronze medal in the Munich Olympics in 1972, and returned twenty years later to compete in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. After retiring from international competition, McEwan went on to participate in whitewater expeditions on wilderness rivers, including an historic, though ill-fated, attempt on the Tsangpo River in Tibet. Married since 1978 to cartoonist and children's author Sandra Boynton, and the proud father of their four children, McEwan lives, writes, and paddles in Connecticut.