Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author; David Hankins!

David Hankins writes from the thriving cornfields of Iowa where he lives with his wife, daughter, and two dragons disguised as cats. His writing journey began in the oral tradition of convincing his daughter to Go To Sleep with inventive stories. That usually backfired. After years of Just One More Story, David began transcribing his midnight ramblings in an attempt to keep his storylines straight. David writes lighthearted speculative fiction because that's what he loves to read and—this is the important bit—there's not nearly enough humor in the world. David aims to change that, one story at a time.

David joined the US Army, he has lived in and traveled through much of Europe, central Asia, and the United States. Now that he’s retired from the Army, David devotes his time to his passions of writing, traveling with his family, and finding new ways to pay his mortgage

“Death and the Taxman” was born as the writing community mourned the passing of Writers of the Future coordinating judge Dave Farland. David wrote this story hoping to bring laughter in a time of grief. To any tax auditors reading this: you are lovely people. Please don’t audit David again.

David Hankins. He is a winner in our international contest, The Writers of the Future published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39.