Doug Alderson is the author of thirteen books, including Wild Florida Adventures, Wild Florida Waters, The Great Florida Seminole Trail, Waters Less Traveled, New Dawn for the Kissimmee River, Encounters with Florida’s Endangered Wildlife and his newly released A New Guide to Old Florida Attractions: From Mermaids to Singing Towers. He has won three first place Royal Palm Literary awards for travel books and several other state and national writing and photography awards.