Author Bio

Daniel Nick is an ADHD guy so buckle up for the bullet point bio.

• Born and raised in Maryland
• Loved History and Writing in school
• Multi-sport athlete from age 10 through college – football, baseball, bowling, track and field (pole vaulting), kickboxing
• Bachelors in Theatre
• Appeared in lots of community theatre and college theatre
• Masters in Special Education (almost – long story)
• Martial arts student since 1980
• 7 years teaching high school special education
• 30 years teaching martial arts
• Travelled by motorcycle across North America several times
• Lived on a sailboat on Catalina island for two years
• Got married to his best friend, Elizabeth
• Visited many countries for martial arts related trainings and teaching
• Created a fully adapted and inclusive martial arts program for students of all abilities to train together on the mats .
• Ran an inclusive martial arts school full time successfully for 12 years and through COVID
• Became the representative for the International Thiang Bando Association for the Americas. (martial arts thing)
• Sold his house and bought a sailboat
• Sailed for three years – across the Gulf of Mexico, up to Maryland, down to Puerto Rico, all around the Caribbean Islands, and back to Texas.
• Finally writing my novels, short stories, novellas, etc.
• I’m 52 and I plan on writing as my primary passion from now on.
• Still teaching inclusive and adapted martial arts part time.
• Describe myself in three words or less: Teacher, Artist, Traveler.