author : Dan GallagherDan 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 \u0026amp; Mary (1986). He and wife Laura married in 1988, loved raising their four children, and assisted both Boy and Girl Scouting through their church. Dan’s professional designations included: Chartered Financial Consultant \u0026amp; Chartered Life Underwriter (1989), Certified Financial Planner® (1992) and Certified Business Intermediary (2002). He has given numerous seminars at major employers and other entities.\n\nCompleting three decades of financial planning in January 2018, Dan has undertaken a second career in writing. He has been the author of many business and pension articles since 1992, with technical and dramatic non-fiction articles appearing in Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Financial \u0026amp; Estate Planning, Creative Loafing, NFAA Archery and Charlotte Ventures. His September 2018 nonfiction book, The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning (Skyhorse Publishing, NY) earned strong reviews and received the CWG Seal of Approval. His 1998 novel, The Pleistocene Redemption, sold 4,100 copies, net of returns, in two years with scant marketing; it is now revised as Ancient of Genes. Dan’s fiction and narrative nonfiction have been royalty published by Skyhorse Publishing, Superversive Press, and Millhaven Press. Dan’s 2020 projects include a book of humor shorts and two anthologies, one mystical and one cryptozoological.\n\nThe Gallagher family relocated from Williamsburg, VA to Charlotte, NC in 1999. Excerpts, reviews and several short works are available at AuthorDan.com.