WAYNE RAMSAY WAS BORN IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA IN 1946. HE JOINED THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY AS A COOK AT THE AGE OF 18, WAS MARRIED TO JEANETTE IN 1968 WHICH HAS LASTED 50 YEARS PLUS, WAS A CHEF IN SEVERAL HOTELS BUT DID NOT ENJOY THE NIGHT WORK, BECAME A SALESMAN WHICH LASTED TILL HE RETIRED IN 2013. HE HAS TWO CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, HAS HAD DOGS ALL HIS MARRIED LIFE AND BOTH ARE DEVOTED ANIMAL LOVERS. THIS IS HIS FIRST BOOK WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY HIS GOLDEN RETRIEVER ROSCOE.