Robert William Sandford is the author of some 20 books on the history, heritage and landscape of the Canadian Rockies, including Water, Weather and the Mountain West (RMB, 2007), The Weekender Effect: Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns (RMB, 2008), Restoring the Flow: Confronting the World's Water Woes (RMB, 2009), Cold Matters: The State and Fate of Canada’s Fresh Water (RMB, 2012), Saving Lake Winnipeg (RMB, 2013), Storm Warning: Water and Climate Security in a Changing World (RMB, 2015), North America in the Anthropocene (RMB, 2016) and Quenching the Dragon: The Canada–China Water Crisis (RMB, 2018). He is also a co-author of Ethical Water: Learning to Value What Matters Most (RMB, 2011), Flood Forecast: Climate Risk and Resiliency in Canada (RMB, 2014), The Columbia River Treaty: A Primer (RMB, 2014), The Climate Nexus: Water, Food, Energy and Biodiversity in a Changing World (RMB, 2015) and The Hard Work of Hope: Climate Change in the Age of Trump (RMB, 2017). Robert Sandford lives in Canmore, AB.