Gary DeVries holds a BBA in Finance, an MBA and an MSA in Accounting from Grand Valley State University. In 2007 he obtained the CFA. In essence, you could say that he enjoys analyzing things and finding ways for improvement. At least that was part of his job as a manager while attending school. Unfortunately, pursuing this education significantly hurt his chances in the job market due to politicking among HR people who prefer to protect their power within the company over improving the business they work for. This led him to take up writing. After much work he published his first strategy book 4-in-a-row. He enjoys writing about things that interest him as well as stuff that he thinks other people will like. The story about Rotciv Castle is a perfect example of this. That story combines fantasy with photo shop to create a world that puts the reader in the characters shoes. On the numbers side, he has published strategy eBooks on monopoly, connect four and poker hand ran