Pat Bliss is a retired Correctional Officer, having worked for twenty-seven years at Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He has been a professional artist for fifteen years, and has made the exploration of two- and three-dimensional art a lifelong pursuit. Bliss won the People's Choice Award in the 2011 Annual Kyla Art Group Show, and third place in the 2017 Prince Albert Winter Festival Juried Art Show. Two of his paintings were selected for the Mann Art Gallery Permanent Collection, one of which is included in this book. He illustrated the children's book, The Heart of a Horse, published in 2012 in the United States.

Pat Bliss lives on a hundred-acre farm a short distance from the city of Prince Albert with his partner, Heather, two rescued dogs, and three rescued cats.