Don Milton's love for stories began the same way as for most of us, with bedtime stories. Then a speech impediment in 1st grade turned into a blessing. The pronunciation drills his teacher taught him gave him a love for reading aloud to others. By the end of 1st grade, his teacher was using him as a motivational reader for 2nd graders. By age ten, he was telling his own stories to friends in the neighborhood. In the summer before 7th grade, he began studying French using Berlitz LP records. He'd hoped it would improve his ability to pick up girls. And it did, along with playing guitar. But a tragedy struck when he was 16, his brother, who was also his best friend, died. Grief-stricken, he dropped out of school. But he returned after a month. His teachers did all they could to help him catch up. His creative writing teacher even promised him that if he could get an A on his class poetry project, she'd pass him, despite missing over a month of classes. When he got an A, she still failed him. She accused him of stealing his own original poems from Robert Frost, Longfellow, and others. He didn't even know who those other poets were. And his teacher soon realized, he had indeed written the poems himself. After High School, he took his first shot at writing for a living. He put placards around town, advertising poems made to order in the tradition of Cyrano De Boujerac. A Seattle TV station caught wind of it and with the backdrop of Seward Park and Lake Washington, they did a segment on him. Don graduated from Ron Bailee School of Broadcasting a year later. But instead of pursuing life as a DJ, he put out his thumb, hitchhiking from Seattle to Vancouver, then all the way across Canada and back. He earned enough playing guitar on street corners and cafes to cover the costs of food and youth hostels. He received his BA in Linguistics from the University of Washington. He now lives in the Philippines. He has two elementary age daughters, and one wife. He would like more.