Monte Burke is a staff writer at Forbes magazine and has also written for The New York Times, Outside, Men's Journal, Town & Country, and Garden & Gun, among many other publications. He is the author of the books 4th and Goal and Sowbelly, and is a recipient of Barnes & Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" award. He grew up in New Hampshire, Vermont, North Carolina and Alabama, and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three daughters.