Dale E. McClenning was born in Illinois and lived most of his life in Indiana. He went to Ohio State for Mechanical Engineering and was an engineer for 33 years mostly doing industrial turbine engines (generator sets). He has a wife of 33 years, two boys (32 and 28), one daughter-in-law and one soon to be, and one grand-daughter. He has been reading science fiction since grade school and writing since junior high. He has read a lot of history and theology as well as science fiction.