Dan Neuman's love of literature began at an early age with parents who encouraged him to learn to read well before he began school. By Grade 2 he had written his first short story about a square bear named Square Bear and by Grade 4 he was writing a serialized adventure tale about a super chicken named Super Chicken.Growing up and improving on his character names slightly he read and traveled broadly, gaining a depth of experience from which to draw ideas and details for future stories.Realizing he was about to turn 30 he decided he should get on with it and began a serious run at being a writer. Less than a year later his first independently published short story appeared in the Ink Slinger's Guild anthology Beyond the Threshold.He currently lives in Vancouver, Canada with his lovely and surprisingly supportive wife.