Dale Thomas Vaughn wanted to be a wizard when he grew up – which didn’t seem far-fetched seeing as both of his grandfathers were modern magicians. One grandfather was an engineer at NASA and the other was a tunnel-boring engineer who built massive structures under every major city in the US. As a boy in Texas, he gazed at the stars, watched rockets, and witnessed the advanced trigonometry that goes into building the invisible fundamental superstructures in society.

As an adult, he continues to strive for wizardry. He enjoys sunny cobblestone plazas, old libraries, sipping whiskeys, well-curated museums, mastering weird sports, basement brewing, futuristic sci-fi, fellowship fantasy, sailing, trekking ancient pilgrimages, pure hedonism, storytelling, argumentation and philosophy. He’s also been a thought leader in gender equity and co-founded the Better Man Conference.

"Birthright: Recall" is his first science fiction novel and you can learn more about him and his writing at DaleThomasVaughn.com.