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Biography

About Harley L. Sachs: Though born in Chicago and raised in Indiana, Harley L. Sachs considers himself an international, having lived in Germany, Sweden, Scotland, and Denmark. He earned a degree in English at Indiana University, then served in the US Army in Germany. After getting his Master's degree at I.U. he returned to Europe and worked under cover for several years. He met and married Ulla in Stockholm, Sweden and they spent a year's honeymoon in a Scottish castle. Returning to the USA, Sachs taught English briefly at Southern Illinois University then moved to Michigan Technological University in the Upper Peninsula where he and his wife raised three daughters. He now divides the year between Michigan and Portland, Oregon. Harley L. Sachs is the author of many novels, short stories, magazine articles and newspaper columns. His short stories have been broadcast on the BBC World Service short wave and on Oregon Public Radio’s Golden Hours . His awards for writing are too numerous to list. He has over 900 publications. The web page where 100 word blurbs of his works can be found is www.hu.mtu.edu/~hlsachs.

Inspiration

Dreams sometimes inspire me to write a strory. Several of muy novels began with dreams. FOr instance, "Ben Zakkai's Coffin" began with a dfream of a trade magazine photographer interrupted at his photo shoot and seduced by a beautiful woman. Question was: why did she do that? I had to write the novel to find out. "The Search for Jesse Bram" began with a dream of a marooned space cadet from another planet. He's stuck on URth (Earth). I had to write the book to find out how he was rescued. Other stories inspired by dreams are in my Wings ePress collection "Misplaced Persons."