About the Author

David and LulubelleDavid Bowles, a native of Austin, Texas, lives in San Antonio with his best friend and constant companion Lulubelle, a yellow Lab.

David grew up reading about history and touring the many museums, libraries, and state buildings of Austin. He enjoyed history and Vocational Agriculture to the detriment of his other studies, and he won many awards for animals he raised and exhibited for 4H and Future Farmers of America.

He has served stint in the US Navy, worked in marketing, and established dabowinc®, a business offering automated payments and related products and services.

David has always been active in community affairs, participating in civic and business organizations and  serving on numerous boards and commissions.

An avid historian and geanealogist, he belongs to several hereditary and genealogy organizations, serving as president of the San Antonio Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.  He has been researching his family history for many years.

In October 1998, a motorcycle accident changed his life. After his close call with death, he wanted to ensure that the family history he had been researching for years was passed down to his children and grandchildren. With time on his hands during his three-year recovery from the accident, he replaced his motorcycle-riding hobby with a new avocation: writing stories of his family. He found more time to write when his daughter, who has been diabetic since childhood, underwent a pancreas transplant. He carried his laptop to the hospital and typed his stories sitting in the lobby waiting through her surgery.

To make these stories as exciting to his readers as the stories told by the previous generations of his family were to him, he created dialogue and scenes to fill in the gaps in history. While remaining faithful to known facts, he began writing fiction to add true life drama to the stories that would become The Westward Sagas, tales from colonial days to the settlement of the West. The first two book in the series, Spring House and Adam’s Daughters are available now, and he is working on Book 3: Rebeckah.  He is gratified by the  excellent reviews and positive feedback he has received on the first two books.

The genealogist and tale-spinner enjoys sharing what he learned from his research for the book and speaks to schools, churches, and other organizations.

Biographical Sketch of David Bowles