Don Maker

Don Maker received his B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from U.C. San Diego and his M.A. in Education from Chapman University. He has had the good fortune to travel extensively, visiting every continent except Antarctica. He has lived in Japan, England, Germany, and briefly in other countries. He retired from business early to become a credentialed teacher, and still tutors for the love of teaching. From his experiences, he wrote a novel based around education in the 1950s, “The Grindstone”, and a YA magical realism novel, “Miranda’s Magic”, to encourage middle school students to love science. He also penned a surrealistic play based on the life of Sigmund Freud, “Sigi and Carl”, and a sports comedy, “The Jersey Jupiters”. Focusing on historical fiction. Don has published “Zenobia”, set in the 3rd century Roman Empire, and just released “The Savior of Europe”, the story of Charlemagne’s grandfather, Charles “Martel” (The Hammer), who was responsible for uniting the Frankish Empire and driving the Muslims out of Europe in the 8th century. He is currently working on “The Shakespeares and the Crown”, which explores the changing landscape of England during the conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism during the reign of the Tudor monarchs.