Daniel F. Korn was born in 1952 in Rochester, New York. As a young boy he was fascinated by the heroes and stories of our nation's history, with his first hero being Davy Crockett. Dan would grow u...view moreDaniel F. Korn was born in 1952 in Rochester, New York. As a young boy he was fascinated by the heroes and stories of our nation's history, with his first hero being Davy Crockett. Dan would grow up in western New York and would follow his love of history by attending the State University of New York at Brockport, (Brockport State), from whom he holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in History and Education.
As a college student he read and fell in love with Michael Shaara's immortal Civil War novel The Killer Angels. The book inspired Dan to write his own novel, a story about those incredibly horrible days of battle that took place in April, 1862, on the shores of the Tennessee River, near a sleepy little church called Shiloh Meetinghouse.
Dan, his wife Cheri, and their family currently reside in Monroe, North Carolina where Dan teachs high school students in Honors U.S. History and Civil War, and shares a love for Revolutionary War reenacting with his son, Mike. Dawn's Gray Steel is his first book.view less