Don Eggspuehler has lived in Richardson, Texas since 1975, but he grew up in Iowa Falls, Iowa, a small town in the heartland of America. Don graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in International Studies in 1969 and later became a Marine Corps officer, who flew combat bombing missions in A6-A jets in Vietnam.He was married for twenty-three years to Linda Combs and they had three children, Cari, Jaime and Chad. She passed away from a brain tumor at age 46. Don's business career included 30 years in computer software sales, management, and consulting. His hobbies have included: golf, tennis, traveling, creating home movies, and writing. Don is now retired and happily married to his second wife, Lynda Lou (Sherman). Don has written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, and he previously self-published two books: one a family memoir titled Star Benchwarmers (2011), and a historical fiction of Iowa Falls, Iowa, from the early settlers and Civil War through the 1950's, titled Teachings from Pop (2014). Life Lessons Learned in Grade School is his fifth book. Additionally, he wrote two other thrillers that have not been published.