About the Author

Brian M. Gilpin is a dedicated student of history and advocate of diverse thought. Recently retired from a long career as a Business and Technology Executive, Dem Haoles represents his first publication. Originally born and raised in Hawaii, Gilpin identifies himself as local boy with bi-racial heritage, having a Caucasian father and Japanese mother. His experiences, living in a white minority society and navigating the space between two distinctly different heritages forms the basis for his writing. He currently resides in the upwardly mobile town of Novato in Northern California where he lives with his wife Patty. They have two adult children, an AI scientist daughter and an aspiring writer son.