About the author

Dan Phalen

<p><!--StartFragment--></p><p>Dan Phalen authors fiction about women in Sumerian history. Married to a strong woman, he decided to investigate feminist cultures from the distant past, particularly shifts between matricentric and patriarchal cultures. His Sumerian Chronicles trilogy resulted.</p><p>After a successful career in Information Technology, he turned to full-time writing. He sometimes swaps a computer keyboard for a synthesizer to compose contemporary jazz.</p><p>Dan lives in the heart of California &ldquo;Gold Country&rdquo; where history lurks around every corner and sometimes under the local shopping center.</p><p><!--EndFragment--></p>