Daniel Lloyd Little was born in Moncton, New Brunswick during the height of the cold war. From an early age he began to show a great interest in Canadian military subjects. In later years he travelled extensively throughout North America visiting historic sites and museums. The owner of an extensive collection of books and artifacts on military history, Daniel has continued his study of all aspects of warfare from ancient studies to the current era. Daniel Little's fascination with all things technical led to a successful twenty-eight year management career with Radio Shack, the home electronics chain. He spent many of those years working in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the east coast home of the Royal Canadian Navy. After moving to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 2004, one of the locations in the novel Unheard, Unseen..., he began a new employment adventure as a web consultant, a position he thoroughly enjoyed. Shortly after publishing Conflict in the North in 2009, Daniel moved back to Halifax, Nova Scotia where he would work on his third novel, Submarine Lost! the sequel to Unheard, Unseen... His hobbies include the restoration of military artifacts, model building, and NASCAR motor sports as well as the study of military history & the exploration of historic sites. Mission Statement: I know what you’re thinking. A ‘Mission Statement’ is a business term and I am a writer. More so, living in Canada and my last name not rhyming with Burton or Atwood pretty much precludes any concept of acquiring wealth from my work – heck, I’m happy just breaking even. If you are looking for literary genius, you'll want to skip ahead to the next author on your list. At best I suffer from ‘comma-itis’ and at worst, well, sometimes I let my spell-checker have a little TOO much power (It's airplane hangAr, not hangEr). I know the Governor General will not be calling to inform me that one of my novels has made it on their ‘list’ - I have a better chance of winning the lottery than a GG, and I certainly don’t feverishly check the New York Times listings every week to see if their editors have noticed my literary works. Besides, I'm a little too 'right-wing' for the wine and cheese author set anyway.   My literary goal is to provide readers with exciting fiction involving the men and women, past and present, of the Canadian Armed Forces and Canada's security agencies. The weapons are real. The scenarios are fairly realistic, or certainly possible. For those who think our military has only ever run around the world on Peace Keeping missions, I apologize for the bitter dose of reality. I usually just suggest they Google 'Canadian nuclear weapons' and acquire some real knowledge concerning Canada's military past.    There are no bigger than life ‘John Wayne’ types in my stories, and the cavalry never comes over the hill just in time to save the day. Real life just isn’t like that, and to suggest otherwise would be a disservice to the brave members of our armed and security services who unselfishly risk their lives to protect our freedoms. To them, I give my thanks.