Trevor Greene, author of Bad Date, is a native of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He has worked as a journalist for the past 13 years in Japan, all over Asia, and in Canada. In 1993, he wrote Bridge of Tears, a book on the homeless of Japan that was short-listed for a book prize in Japan. After a stint in the Navy, he settled in Vancouver, where he traveled to Afghanistan on a peace mission. He currently lives in Vancouver with his fiancee and daughter.