Matt Ortman

 Matt is a 24-year employee of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, who coordinates Ohio’s hunter and trapper education program.

 He is also the Ohio National Archery in the Schools Program coordinator.

 During his career Matt has facilitated many events for the Outdoor Education Section, including serving as Co-coordinator of the Ohio Becoming an Outdoorswoman workshops. He has organized in-service training for volunteer instructors.

R.T. Stewart

Undercover law enforcement is dangerous work and, as a result, extremely stressful. Stewart recalls one particular case during which he realized he was too deeply undercover and came close to forgetting his real identity. Many undercover officers have crossed the line to become the very person they initially swore to stop. In Poachers Were My Prey, readers look over R. T. Stewart’s shoulder as he deals with the temptations offered to an undercover officer, including money, sex, and drugs, and watch as he gets the job done and brings the poachers to justice.