Eric Enno Tamm was raised in the village of Ucluelet on the “outer shores” of British Columbia, where his family has worked as commercial fishermen for four generations. Besides commercial salmon trolling himself, he has worked as the executive director of the Coastal Community Network in B.C. and as a freelance journalist in Europe. His writing has appeared in Wallpaper*, The Globe and Mail, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Canadian Geographic, Georgia Straight, among others.

He holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and a master’s degree in European affairs from Lund University in Sweden. He currently works for Ecotrust Canada, an environmental group, in Vancouver, Canada. Beyond the Outer Shores is his first book.