Dave Wickenden grabs life by the reins and doesn't let go. Before joining the Canadian Fire Service, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces. He's as comfortable with a rocket launcher as with a fire hose. His protagonists often find themselves enlisted as rescuers and crisis managers. Like them, Dave has knelt beside dead bodies. Using CPR and a defibrillator, he has saved six lives. At home in Canada, Dave loves to cook, read and draw. He ran his own home-based art business, creating highly detailed wood-and-paper burnings, a technique called "pyrography." One of his pictures of former Prime Minister Jean Chretien graces the walls of Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Dave and his wife Gina are parents to three boys and three grandsons. His two youngest boys are busy with minor league hockey and fishing, so you can guess where you'll find Dave when he's not writing. After thirty-one years in the Fire Service, and after attaining the rank of Deputy Fire Chief, Dave retired to write thriller novels. He is a member of the Sudbury Writer’s Guild, the Crime Writers of Canada, the Writers Union of Canada, the International Thrillers Association and the International Screenwriter Association. He has published numerous short stories in anthologies and online literary magazines, six novels, and five screenplays. Literary heroes include Robert Ludlum, Bernard Cornwell, David Baldacci, and John Hart. Visit him at http://davewickenden.wixsite.com/dave-wickenden