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About meBorn and raised inside San Francisco, I graduated from Lowell High School and received my B.A. in History from the University of California at Berkeley. After two years in the Army, I went to graduate school at San Jose State where one of my short stories was published in the college’s literary magazine, THE REED, and won the following awards in the annual SENATOR PHELAN LITERARY CONTEST: 1st & 2nd in Plays; 1st & 2nd in Essays; 1st & 3rd in Free Verse.

After teaching English and Creative writing at Los Gatos Union High School, I moved to southern California and began my professional writing career. I sold to the TV series, MR. NOVAK, ghosted YOUR HAIR AND YOUR DIET for health food guru, Dan Dale Alexander, and wrote for and with diverse producers, among them as Harry Joe Brown, Sig Schlager, Albert J. Cohen, and Al Ruddy as well as Paul Stader Sr., dean of Hollywood stuntman and stunt/2nd unit director. Also, options were taken on my unpublished WWII fighter ace novel and several treatments.

While living in Hollywood, I married Ellen, who is from Brazil, and I taught Creative Writing and Advanced placement European History at Fairfax High School where he also was Social Studies Department Chairman. After living in Florianópolis, Brazil, setting of A GATHERING OF VULTURES, DarkHart Press, 2007, we moved to Florida where I wrote as a with: VITAMIN ENRICHED, pub.1999, for Carl DeSantis, founder of Rexall Sundown Vitamins; and THE COUPLE’S DISEASE, Finding a Cure for Your Lost “Love” Life, pub. 2002, for Lawrence S. Hakim, MD, FACS, Head of Sexual Dysfunction Unit at the Cleveland Clinic.

Currently, we reside in Winter Haven, Florida. my "magnum opus" historical novel, ROCAMORA, Raven's Wing Books, set in 17th century Spain and Amsterdam during their Golden Ages, is now available on line at Amazon and B&N and to order from your bookseller through Ingram/Books in Print. I am writing its sequel.

About my libraryAt the moment, I am reading books and material related to researching my next novel, books on the history of Amsterdam, 17th century medicine and international relations.

I had made much use of Simon Schama's THE EMBARASSMENT OF RICHES and REMBRANDT'S EYES.

For my favorite fiction, I love the historical novels of Dumas, Sabatini, Costain, Shellabarger, Dunnett, Graves, Renault, and many others too numerous to mention.

I also enjoy the Lovecraft Cthulu mythos and entertaining novels such as ANATOMY OF A MURDER.

Homepagehttp://www.donaldmichaelplatt.com

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Real nameDonald Michael Platt

LocationWinter Haven, Florida

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Member sinceJul 28, 2008