Nicholas Kable is originally from Western Sydney (Quaker's Hill) and has called Port Macquarie home since childhood. He has experience in health since 2003, initially as a volunteer in aged care then later as a health care worker and has been recognized with a Certificate of Appreciation on International Volunteers Day (2011) due to his contribution to Alzheimer's Australia NSW. He has been published as a contributing writer in the Hastings Writers anthology 'My Wonderful Hastings', and was the co-author of the play about the convict 'Justice Wilson Hudson' which was performed at the Port Macquarie Historic Courthouse. He is an original member of the Hastings Men's Choir 'Blokes Notes' which has been running since 2009. His main writing & researching interests are history, particularly Australian, and wildlife. The Life of Fish: Nature's Ultimate Survivors, is his first published book as a solo author, which involved more than a decade of research and the collaboration of more than 60 photographers.