Robert E Wood

“Imagination is more important than knowledge,” Albert Einstein allegedly said. Author Robert E. Wood, who took great delight in crafting the world and story of My New Friend, Squatchette, couldn’t agree more. Having spent an energetic childhood in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the child of a sort of “mountain man” who couldn’t afford toys for his kids, Wood cultivated his creativity early on. In their endless pretend games, he and his two younger brothers helped the Lone Ranger and Tonto catch bad men and swung through the trees with Tarzan. Later, Wood committed some of this imagination to paper. My New Friend, Squatchette is the latest product of these efforts. Wood lives in the same exuberantly beautiful natural setting as his characters do, with his sweetheart on a five-acre parcel of critter-inhabited land with a stream. He’s been writing and publishing family and corporate histories for over thirty-five years. He’s also written and published several children’s stories about magical adventures that invite readers to engage their imaginations. Wood plans to write more in a series about Xylina’s adventures with her grandfather in his Life’s Footprints’ Sasquatch Series.