The award-winning painter, Gregory Manchess has worked as a freelance illustrator for nearly forty years on advertising campaigns, magazines, and book covers. Manchess’ novel, Above the Timberline, will be released by Simon & Schuster / Saga Press October 24, 2017.

The book is written by Gregory and fully illustrated with 123 oil paintings across 240 pages. The story is based on the painting of a mountain explorer and his polar bear pack created for a 2-hour video examining Gregory's painting process and technique. It is available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.