Dave began sharpening his writing craft with required essays at West Point; his military assignment in Thailand on communist insurgencies in Asia; and his work as a staff officer years later supporting principals in the Department of Defense-bookends to nearly a decade as a foreign reporter for CBS News, Newsweek magazine, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He likes the historical novels of the late James Michener and the exhaustive biography, American Caesar, by William Manchester. His favorite short novel is The Greatest Miracle in the World by the late Og Mandino, containing the priceless ""God Memorandum"". Dave lives in northern Virginia with his lovely wife Vasana, their two grown children, and their young and charming granddaughters, ""(The Next) Queen Elizabeth"" and ""Princess Charlotte"".