A native of Paris and Lexington, Kentucky, David A. Collier earned two degrees at the University of Kentucky before entering the corporate world. He later returned to academic life and earned his PhD from The Ohio State University. For forty-one years, Dr. Collier taught all levels of students as well as participants in executive programs within the business schools of Duke University, the University of Virginia, the Ohio State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, and the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. After decades of authoring research articles, business cases, and five college textbooks, he wanted a new challenge: writing novels. The Entity: 2147 was the first in the science-fiction book series (www.theentity.us) and is available through Amazon and Authorhouse. The Entity: Climate Change 2647 continues the one-thousand-year struggle of humanity to save Earth as a habitable planet. He is also the author of Romance in My Rambler using the pen name David A. Bourbon. Collier resides in South Florida with his wife and two dogs.