About the author

Dan Gallagher

Dan graduated from Virginia Military Institute (1981), third among Economics majors, simultaneously completing the Modern Languages curriculum. He served in the Infantry, then as a reservist in a Special Forces support role, next as a Training Company Commander and later in a classified Army Research Institute role. Dan completed his Master of Business Administration at William &amp; Mary (1986). He and wife Laura married in 1988, loved raising their four children, and assisted both Boy and Girl Scouting through their church from 2000 to 2010.&nbsp;Dan was a nationally recognized Financial Planner from 1987 through 2017. Since 1992, Dan has also been royalty published in both fiction and nonfiction in the form of full-length books, essays, articles, and short stories: humor, business, financial &amp; pension articles, appearing in <em>Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Financial &amp; Estate Planning, Creative Loafing </em>and<em> Charlotte Ventures</em>. Now retired, Dan's <em>The Secrets of Successful financial Planning</em> was published by Skyhorse Publishing (NY, Sep 25, 2018) to rave reviews. His 1997 novel, <em>The Pleistocene Redemption</em>, was revised as <em>Ancient of Genes</em>, fall 2021 and in Audio Theater summer 2022. Dan is the author of numerous short stories published by Superversive Press, NFAA Archery and Millhaven Press. Dan, wife-for-life Laura, and their four children now hail from Charlotte, NC. More at <strong>AuthorDan.com</strong>.