D J PaoliniD.J. Paolini is the author of The Infinite Passion of Life, his first novel, and the first book in the planned six-book series: The Rock & the Rose. His non-fiction work includes technical editor of three award-winning database programming books. He as the contributing editor with a monthly column for a database industry magazine. He was selected to coauthor a database programming book in the popular Teach Yourself... series. Paolini was on the team that won an award for best technical documentation for a software program. He has delivered several dozen technical papers in more than one hundred sessions at conferences in North America, Europe, and Asia. Paolini has had three poems published. He also writes music and has had several pieces performed in the United States and France. He wrote a column for his college newspaper and he received a creative writing award in high school. He has traveled extensively and infuses that experience into his writing. Within Me, an Invincible Summer is the second book in the series set in Northern Italy. In his spare time, he has played in weekend rock bands and served as a volunteer firefighter and emergency squad member, including six years as fire chief. He is a licensed soccer referee and has served as the administrator for youth soccer referees in his home state of New Jersey. Read More Read Less