About the Author

I am a father of 5 children and 12 grandchildren and happily married to my wife for 26 years and counting. My background covers nearly 26 years in children's education, curriculum development and implementation, including experience working for the world's largest children's museum; The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. I have written and produced 8 planetarium programs, all of which were aimed at the 8-12 year old market. I am recognized by NASA as a leading developer of web-based educational games http: //www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/index.htm In addition, I am involved in the DiscoverHover program, which is an educational program developing and utilizing hovercraft in a unique and fun way http: //www.discoverhover.org/infoinstructors/curricula.html Although the Royal Magician of Oz trilogy is my first experience at writing children's books, my writing experience also includes newsprint, radio and television copy, curriculum development and numerous journal publications in the science and education field http: //www.discoverhover.org/infoinstructors/standards.htm http: //www.casi.ca/canadianaircushiontechnologysociety.