Dallas Releford was born in Central Kentucky in 1946. An author of forty fiction and technical books, he has worked as a computer programmer, technical editor, technical writer, publisher, assistant IT manager, PC Technician and in the security profession. With an extensive background in writing, he is no stranger to the publishing industry. In 2005, he started his own publishing company, American Electronic Publishing with the intention of publishing his own novels. In 2010, after the death of his wife of nearly thirty years, he changed the name of AEP to Green Hat Publishing and increased his efforts to publish more of his work and also published a few other authors. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Programming, and a Master of Science in Information Management as well as training in photography, programming, technical design and engineering. He has a broad education in many areas which allows him to write about different subjects. He has also written and published over a hundred short stories, dozens of technical articles and even published two romance stories in True Confessions Magazine. He is one of few authors that writes in so many different genres. His work in fiction includes horror, westerns, romance, thrillers, mysteries, science fiction and paranormal. His hobbies include electronics. reading, computers, astronomy and physics. He currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio and is working on several more novels and short stories.