D J PaoliniD.J. Paolini is the pen name of Daniel J. Paolini. The Infinite Passion of Life is his first novel. His non-fiction work includes technical editor of three award-winning database programming books. He was the contributing editor with a monthly columnfor a database industry magazine. He was selected to coauthor a database programming book in the popular "Teach Yourself..." series. Paolini was on the team that won an award for best technical documentation for a software program. He has delivered several dozen technical papers in more than one hundred sessions at conferences in North America, Europe, and Asia. Paolini has had three poems published. He also writes music and has had several pieces performed in the United States and France. He wrote a column for his college newspaper and he received a creative writing award in high school. He has traveled extensively and infuses that experience into his writing. The Infinite Passion of Life is the first book in a planned six-book series set in Northern Italy. In his spare time over the last four decades he has played in weekend rock bands and served as a volunteer firefighter and emergency squad member, including six years as fire chief. He is a licensed soccer referee and serves as the administrator for youth soccer referees in his home state of New Jersey. Read More Read Less