J. D. Manders has been a technical writer and a historian for nearly twenty years. He is the author of “The Fairy Child,” which he wrote to connect with his children while deployed...mehr sehenJ. D. Manders has been a technical writer and a historian for nearly twenty years. He is the author of “The Fairy Child,” which he wrote to connect with his children while deployed to Iraq in 2004. He finished “The Mermaid’s Quest” for his children while deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. He has been a member of the US Army National Guard since 1988. Since publishing “The Fairy Child,” he has been speaking widely to military families as an advocate of family readiness. He has been happily married for more than twenty years and has two wonderful daughters.weniger sehen