Dean has rigorously pursued a self-competitive life as a soldier (he served as an enlisted soldier during the Vietnam era in South Korea as a member of a security police team and in Germany as a SO prep.), and worked fifteen years as a graphic designer for a major communications corporation before opening his own design business.  He was also a member of the League of Milwaukee Artists and has displayed his paintings in galleries in Milwaukee and vicinity and has won local and national recognition.  His hobbies have included bodybuilding for which he was recognized as runner up in the Mr. Midwest Titan Naturals Competition in the Masters Lightweight Division and trophied in the Vic Tanny Competition and the Wisconsin State Championship.  He enjoys fishing and riding Harleys.  His favorite authors are Tolkein, Verne, Burroughs, Wells and King.  His favorite and most influential work is The Odyssey by Homer [translated by W.H.D. Rouse].

Recently, The Chimera Virus has received an honorable mention in the 2008 Atlantic City, NJ Beach Book Festival sponsored by JM Northern Media...

Honorably discharged from the United States Army in 1972, Dean returned to college to receive his degree in commercial graphics specializing in corporate design and media communications focusing on corporate identity. He is the author of The Chimera Virus, his first novel, which is part one of his Techno-mythos, The Chimera Trilogy [book two has already been realized in the form of a finished manuscript]. Shortly out of college he published numerous poems, two short stories [The Physicist and The Day The Earth Froze Over (a sci-fi spoof). He also wrote two plays [The Physicist, based on his short story, which he co-produced and for which he designed the stage props, and Special Delivery]--both plays were performed in Milwaukee at the Metropole Theatre and The Milw. Little theatre respectively to good and notable reviews.

"I have begun the final Epoch of The Chimera Trilogy this week and hope to have it finish in a year or two. For those readers having already enjoyed The Chimera Virus and who have encouraged me so much by expressing their anticipation for books two and three, I wish to express my heartfelt thanks. I trust you will not be disappointed. For those wishing to embark on the Chimera Trilogy journey you may begin at www.PublishAmerica.com or visit BarnesandNobel.com". [My thanks to MilwAuthors.com] Learn more about panspermia and the wonders of the cosmos or become a member of The Planetary Society at www.planetary.org. Note........[Click on the links to the left of my photo for additional pages.]

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