David M. Mannes is a former teacher and an educational writer/ film producer/director. He was nominated in 1990 for best non-dramatic script in the Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association (A.M.P.I.A.) awards  for his script Writing-on-Stone  featuring actor Leslie Neilson which he co-produced for Alberta Parks. Gone (a Reptilian World novel) was published as an e-book by RSPublishing 2006.  His novel Nahanni was published in 2007(Saga Books). A short story Shadows is available on Amazon shorts. He is currently working on a new science fiction/adventure novel. Mr. Mannes is married and lives in Edmonton, Alberta.