Author

The Vietnam trilogy of novels, China Wind, (Ivy, 1990), Dodge City Blues, (Redburn Press, 2007), and Townsend's Solitaire, (Redburn Press, 2008), tell the story of Sam Gatlin, a fictional Marine officer who serves in Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. The fourth novel, Glossy Black Cockatoos, (Redburn Press, 2009), chronicles Sam Gatlin's experiences wandering through Australia and Southeast Asia after the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Glossy Black Cockatoos is told through the voice of Gatlin's fellow brother-in-arms, the Dai 'ui, as the two American expatriates are caught up in a series of events that precipitate both murder and the theft of ancient Southeast Asian art treasures. High Country Solitudes (Grand River, 1997) and The Crooked Truth (Redburn, 2010) are books of poetry. His poems are also included in Turning Up The Leaves, an anthology produced by Coe Review Press, (2000), Open Range: Poetry of the Reimagined West, Ghost Road Press, (2007), and most recently, The Quadrant Book of Poetry 2001 — 2010, Quadrant Books, 2012, Sydney, Australia.

Educator

Dan was a high school principal with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and a regional training officer for the National Park Service. He taught rhetoric at the University of Iowa and group and organizational behavior at Colorado Christian University. His international experience includes teaching and test development with the Department of Education, New South Wales, Australia, and education services consulting in Hong Kong. He also taught Organization Development at the Graduate School of Business, University of Colorado at Denver.

Change Agent

Before retiring, Dan was an International Consultant for Sun Microsystems in the area of Education Services. Prior to working for Sun, he was Vice President of Business and Technology Development with International Learning Systems, Inc. As Vice President of Business and Technology Development, he guided projects in the areas of computer-based training (CBT), knowledge-sharing systems, alternative learning systems, and web-based training systems. Prior to working with International Learning Systems, Inc., Guenther spent ten years as a manager of organization development with two Fortune 500 companies, Rockwell International and EG & G, Inc.