W. Craig Gaines is the author of several books about lost treasures, including Civil War Gold and Other Lost Treasure. He has been interested in lost treasure since seeing the film Treasure Island when he was very young. He has also written lost treasure stories for a variety of treasure hunting magazines over the years. Craig is an engineer, geologist, and writer who has been in many of the areas mentioned in this work. He currently resides with his wife, Arla, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.