Wyatt, Barbara: - Barbara Wyatt's articles have appeared in Boys' Life, Good Old Boat, World and I, New York Tennis Magazine, and Northwest Travel, among other publications. Her fiction is published in several anthologies that featured Pacific Northwest writers and published by Muddy Puddle Press.

Wind on the Sounds is based on her personal experience as a novice sailor aboard Nightrunner in the 2015 Van Isle 360 race. When she isn't sailing the waters of the Pacific Northwest, Wyatt is playing tennis, hiking, skiing, and always working on her next novel. Wyatt lives with her family, near Seattle, Washington.