Don is an aspiring speculative fiction writer. He is the author of the post-apocalyptic novella The Precious Few, the short story Value, and the serialized novel Distant Redemption. Before trying his hand at writing, Don spent twenty years in the Marine Corps where he flew CH-53E helicopters and deployed to both Afghanistan and Iraq. After the Marine Corps he settled in Chesapeake Virginia with his beautiful wife, Corey, and daughter, Samantha.