Donald Lee Sadler was a reading daydreamer in high school, embracing fantasy, Marvel Comics, Dungeons and Dragons, his parents vinyl collection, and any other form of escapism. He chased his musical dreams and released six albums with his band, Hickey Necklace. He earned a master's degree in Historical Archaeology from the College of William and Mary, loves the treasure seeking magic of his job, and lives in southeastern Virginia with his daughter, girlfriend, and a lifetime collection of books, records, and a growing mass of Pittsburgh Steelers memorabilia. His first book, The Legends of Some Kid, was a memoir of an idyllic childhood, while his second book Pedwyn Dale, is his first foray at putting all the dreams of his youth into his own fairytale world.