David Allen Miles is the author of the Myles Balfour series. He traveled often with his military family spending nearly eight years in Germany. His first act after high school was to join the U.S. Coast Guard. After his discharge he married and attended Kent State University receiving his Master's Degree. Raising a family and running a business occupied his ensuing years though whenever possibly he has sailed sloops from the Chesapeake to Long Beach. Now retired he enjoys time with his wife and family, painting, reading and writing.