Dan Woll is a retired public school teacher, principal, and superintendent. His worldview is informed by a sink or swim rookie teaching experience in an inner city school, extensive mountaineering adventures, including an early technical ascent of El Capitan, and life in small-town Wisconsin. He lives in River Falls, Wisconsin with his wife, Beth and his furry muse, Emmett, a Bernese Mountain Dog. Dan and Beth have three grown daughters.

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He is the author of North of Highway 8, Further, and co-author of Death on Cache Lake. He also collaborates with daughter Shelley on her children’s Sarah Saves series.  His most recent novel, Paperclip, is co-authored with Walter Rhein published by Burning Bulb Publishing.