Daniel Perron

In 2014, Daniel Perron decided it was time for a career change. He had spent nineteen years as a Canadian Forces air navigator on the C-130 Hercules and twenty years in management and consulting. Now, when friends introduced him to Mike Langlois, a whole new adventure began: combining his skills in research, interviewing, writing and photography to tell the story of Mike's brother, Dancing Gabe.

While Dancing Gabe: One Step at a Time is Perron's first book, his writing career has included short stories and poems published in his high school and university years--including some that earned him a French literature award. In 1993, he edited the Canadian Forces' POLARIS: The Air Navigator's Journal. He also taught technical writing to Air Force officers for several years before retiring from the military.

Born in La Prairie, Québec, Perron has lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, since 1990. He and his wife Elaine have two adult children, Christopher and Michelle.

Dan is also an avid motorcyclist, musician, photographer. He is a member of the Canadian Civil Air Search and Rescue Association, and volunteers with Thin Air, Winnipeg's International Writers Festival.

5 Fun Facts About Dan

1. After vocal chord surgery at the age of seven, Dan was ordered not to speak for twenty-eight days. He has been making up for it ever since

2. As a golfer, Dan never managed a hole-in-one, but he is quite proud of a hole-in-two (an eagle) he scored at Rat River Golf Course by holing a 204 yard 4-Iron shot, much to his surprise when a partner found Dan's ball in the cup

3. Dan circumnavigated the globe twice in a CC-130 Hercules: once westbound and once eastbound. He logged a total of 3,800 hours of flying with the Royal Canadian Air Force

4. Along with his friend Chris, Dan constitutes half of the duo Lemon & Tequila, who has been known to perform in Winnipeg coffee shops, at the MCC farmers market, and at birthday parties

5. Growing up as a fan of Jacques Plante, Rogatien Vachon and Ken Dryden, Dan played goal until the age of fifty