Growing up on a South Carolina hay farm, Daniel Elton Harmon decided in 7th grade he wanted to be a short story writer. Guidance counselors steered him to journalism school, which began his 31-year career as a writer and editor for magazines, newspapers and newsletters. During the 1990s he devoted more and more of his time to writing educational books for juveniles. In 2001 he realized his childhood ambition with publication of The Chalk Town Train & Other Tales, his first collection of short stories. Chalk Town is the first volume in "The Harper Chronicles," an historical mystery series follo more...
