D.J. ("Dave") Butler grew up in swamps, deserts, and mountains. De is a  novelist living in the Rocky Mountain west. He has  training is in law, and has worked as a securities lawyer at a major international firm and inhouse at two multinational semiconductor manufacturers before setting up in solo practice.  He is a consultant and corporate trainer, teaching business acumen to employees of world-class companies.Dave is a lover of language and languages, a guitarist and self-recorder, and a serious reader. He is  am married to a powerful and clever woman (also a novelist) and we have three devious children.