Dan Garmen, born and raised in the midwest, now resides in San Diego, California. Dan Garmen always wanted to be a writer, carrying with him from an early age, an intense desire to create the same kind of books that stayed with him long after he finished reading them. A thirty year career in the media, on-air in television and radio, paid the bills until the day came when he could no longer put off living the life he always wanted, as a writer. Garmen, his wife and son, live in Southern California, and when not writing or riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Dan's listening to music, much of it by friends he picked up over the years in radio. Garmen's next novel, "1% Dead" is a thriller, due out in 2013.