Daniel S. Janik is a multi-award winning author and poet. His poetic works include FOOTPRINTS, SMILES AND LITTLE WHITE LIES (Savant 2008), THE ILLUSTRATED MIDDLE EARTH (Savant 2008), and LAST AND FINAL HARVEST (Savant 2008). His poems have been published in numerous anthologies including FIRST BREATH (Savant 2010) and WAVELENGTHS (Savant 2011) which won the London Book Festival Award for poetry. His widely-acclaimed UNLOCK THE GENIUS WITHIN (Rowman & Littlefield Education 2005) is currently in revision for a second edition. He publishes non-fiction and fiction novels under a several pen names including Gary Martine and Raymond Gaynor. His most recently published prose work, a children's book entitled A WHALE'S TALE (Savant 2009), was recently awarded a Hollywood Book Festival Award.