Dr. Donald Hodder was born and raised in a small out-port of fewer than 400 people on the south coast of Newfoundland. He was destined to become a carpenter, a teacher, a preacher and for forty-five years a family physician. He was privileged to attend Dalhousie University Medical School in Halifax, Nova Scotia and graduated in 1969. He has been married to Joan Inkpen of Burin, Newfoundland, for fifty-eight years and they have two adult children and three grandchildren. His first book, Follow Your Bliss, was published in 2017 and profits have been donated to local charities. Profits from this book will also go to local charities.