Born in Kalamazoo Michigan on September 14th 1977, Daniel Spero is a novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, drummer, entertainer and noted scatologist. He has penned seven novels including Battle Creek, Fall 98, Chicago, The Greek Tragedy, Hun King the Ice-Head and White Horse and A Life in Concert, all semi-autobiographical retrospectives that wring out the adventures and absurdity we collectively experience in contemporary life. Daniel has ten film scripts and two TV show pilots to his credit, including writing the first season of the gritty dramatic series, Expat. Furthermore, Daniel has an extensive portfolio of freelance journalistic pieces, writing for newspapers, magazines and websites; and he was the drummer for the groove jazz organ trio, Altiro, Chicagoland’s premiere soul-jazz trio of 2004 and 2005. Daniel currently lives in Saigon where he writes journalistically and creatively, raises his daughter Maya, and dabbles in stand-up.