Dale Arden is the retired president and CEO of an international consultant firm. He has published articles in trade publications and been a guest speaker at many international business conferences. The Arthur Young Entrepreneurial Services Organization nominated him as Entrepreneur of the Year. He holds a BS from Washington University in St. Louis.

During his career, he travelled extensively throughout North America and Europe. On long plane trips he decided to stop watching movies, stopped catching up on work and started to write the novel that had been bouncing around in his head for years. Once he started his novel he became obsessed with writing. He found himself writing while at airports waiting for flights, in hotel rooms and at home when time permitted. Three years later The Iguana Project emerged.

In addition to writing Mr. Arden finds himself consumed in his expansive woodworking shop, greenhouse and in his art studio painting. Other interest include golf and fly fishing in the Colorado Mountains. He enjoys reading books by John Grisham, Dan Brown and Patterson, which has no doubt influenced his writing style.

Mr. Arden is married and lives with his wife Judy in a suburb of Dallas Texas. They have six children and eleven grandchildren.