Hank Quense writes satirical fantasy and sci-fi. Early in his writing career, he was strongly influenced by two authors: Douglas Adams and his Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Joseph Heller's Catch-22. Happily, Hank has never quite recovered from those experiences.



He lives with his wife in northern New Jersey, a mere 20 miles from Manhattan, the center of the galaxy (according to those who live in Manhattan). They have two daughters and five grandchildren all of whom live nearby.



For vacations, Hank and Pat usually visit distant parts of the galaxy. Occasionally, they also time-travel.



Currently, Quense has five non-fiction books available on Amazon along with fourteen novels.  His next fictional project will be to expand the Zaftan Troubles series with three more novels.  He is also pondering a few new non-fiction books and he's getting an urge to write a few short stories, something he hasn't done in quite a few years. 



Besides writing novels, Hank lectures on fiction writing, publishing and book marketing. He is most proud of his talk showing grammar school kids how to create a short story. He used these lectures to create an advanced ebook with embedded videos to coach the students on how to create characters, plots and setting. The target audience is 4th to 7th graders. The book's title is Fiction Writing Workshop for Kids.