Ron Snell spent his boyhood years growing up in Peru, as the son of a missionary. Conceived in the Amazon rainforest, Ron learned to walk and talk among the Machiguenga Indians.
 
It's a Jungle Out There!
Book One of the Rani Adventures
 
"Tell us all about your life in the jungle," they asked me again and again.

"I don’t think I can," I answered. "It was such a different world—how can I possibly explain it?"

"Well then," said a soft-spoken little friend in the front row, "just tell us some stories."

And so I did. Some were funny, some were sad, and some were…well…you’ll see.
-Ron Snell