Daniel Grant Wilks, was born on August 19, 1970 at 10:00 pm in Plaquemine, Louisiana and grew up playing in the swamps and forest of Louisiana, Alabama, and the beaches of the gulf coast. This developed his interests are camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, canoeing, astronomy, boating, travel, and writing. His tendency to be a nature boy with a love for the forest and swamps is part of our interconnection with animals, the earth, and the universe around us is experienced with wonderment to in order to be fully understood by the illuminated mind. His love for writing science fiction fantasy is his main hobby his wife and family his greatest love.
His experience with the paranormal and extrodianary is such that it is normal to him as it is explained just different application of sciences than normally utilized in the main stream. Learning about them and experiencing them ads to your knowledge and experience in life.
He started Phantasypublishing in 1980.