About the Author

David C. Rhind was born in 1956, in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, but left in grade five, spending three years in Stellarton, a year in Summerside, PEI, then back to Sydney for one more year. Living in Dartmouth, across the harbour from Halifax, during his high school and college years gave him that anchored feeling and, no matter where else he’s been (Bermuda 1978 - 1990, Bahamas 1990 – 1997, the USA 1997 –2004), Dartmouth has always been home (though the author has a huge love of South Shore NS., especially through sailing, and relocated to Chester Basin in 2012.) Being back in Nova Scotia is a great feeling.

David’s interests in the martial arts and writing began about the same time. He began Judo and Karate at 14. Around the same time he started writing stories that he never finished in old school notebooks. By 16, he was seriously into Wing Chun and Bak Sil Lum Kung Fu, becoming part of the Fire Dragon System (Pai Lum), seriously hooked. By 17, he was an assistant instructor; by 18, he was an instructor. He had graduated Prince Andrew High School (Dartmouth, NS) with honours by then, and was doing a Biology degree (pre-Med) at Acadia University (Wolfville, NS). He graduated from there in ’77. By 21, he had a 3rd degree black belt (san dan) in Shotokan Karate and was a Junior Master in Katana-jutsu (katana or Samurai long sword.) That same year he graduated with an Education degree from Dalhousie (Halifax, NS). He had also finished his first novel, “At Ten Fathoms” (destined for the trash).

Over the next 10 years, while living in Bermuda, teaching high school Human Biology & Math, he taught Kung Fu on the side and began writing a fantasy trilogy. His wizards were influenced by science, his warriors katana-wielding martial artists.

When 9-11-2001 came, he knew he had to write a Calebra story where a vigilante terrorized the terrorists. After five Calebra novels it felt like he had said everything he could about the characters and the world he’d created. That’s when he decided to turn his attention to a vampire series. But it had to be different and, being David, it was inevitable that Kung Fu would be involved.

Things became more exciting with the advent of video-trailers & the sudden interest in eBooks versions of his works by Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Apple iBooks. The Agent Samurai, Vampire-Hunter Series even caught on in UK & Europe, with eBook sales rivalling those in the North American market. David’s first ever experience with Cons/Expos like Hal-Con (2010–2013) & 2012’s Sci-Fi on the Rock were as an invited author rather than an attendee. THAT was an eye-opener. Meeting the registrar of Frontier University at Hal-Con 2010 led to a Master of Arts Degree in Creative Writing.

David’s world changed in Oct, 2012 when a 10-day hospital stay culminated in a diagnosis of a non-aggressive form of MS. Since then there’ve been day-to-day fluctuations in symptoms. It robbed him of the ability to recognize music as anything but noise for 3-1/2 years until a miracle occurred in the spring of 2015, & his music returned. Now six Naproxen a day keeps that dreaded symptom at bay, allowing David to perform, mostly for nursing homes like Shoreham in Chester. Sadly, a scary event in the summer of 2019 forced David to recognize that Uhthoff’s Syndrome (a factor of MS) & sailing were incompatible & he’d have to sell his beloved WINDWARD.

D.C. Rhind, 2014

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