Alan Quale

Alan Quale is a retired journalist, having worked as a reporter and news editor, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area.

He recently published his novel titled Replacements, which is based on his experiences as a supply sergeant for an infantry company during the Vietnam War (see photo at right of Quale on his supply helicopter). Each chapter ends with a letter he sent home that pertains to events in that chapter.

In 2010, he published his first novel titled My Dakota, the story of his early life on the Great Plains.