Daniel S. Janik is a multi-award winning poet, author, songwriter and producer. His collected poems currently appear in three volumes: FOOTPRINTS, SMILES AND LITTLE WHITE LIES (Savant 2008), THE ILLUSTRATED MIDDLE EARTH (Savant 2008), LAST AND FINAL HARVEST (Savant 2008), various Savant Poetry Anthologies and numerous other publications. He has authored two curiosity-based, discovery-driven transformative children's books, A WHALE'S TALE (Savant, 2008), and THE TURTLE DANCES (Savant, in press). His pioneering educational book, UNLOCK THE GENIUS WITHIN (Rowman and Littlefield Education, 2005) will soon go into a second edition. Clean Water, Common Ground (National Film Network, 1999), his documentary on the state of the earth's water received two Telly awards and is available through the National Film Network.