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Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1947, Dan Vojir bolstered his education early with, of all things, the piano: while he was attending a Catholic grammar school in Berwyn (a near suburb), he was also attending the American Conservatory of Music and was taught by the legendary Bruno Glade (a performer with Barbarolli in the London Symphony).

Dan loved music, art, geography and, especially, history. He graduated cum laude from Fenwick High School, a college preparatory school. He then studied at University of Illinois, Roosevelt University and Northern Illinois University where he graduated with a B.S.E. in Speech and Music education.

He taught for several years at the high school level in Rockford, Illinois, then Ottawa, Illinois. His school productions of musicals garnered praise from the arts media throughout the region.

After arriving in San Francisco in 1974, Dan embarked on a career in books, working for the local B. Dalton and eventually writing his own book and short stories. His love of books carried him into the world of publishing and he worked for college textbook firms as well as Bay Area publishers. He starting publicizing books and authors in the early ‘80s and went on to host his own syndicated radio show on Talk America Radio Networks. During the course of the show, Dan interviewed such luminaries as Steve Allen, William F. Buckley, Allen Ginsberg, Betty White, Judy Blume, Helen Gurley Brown, Patricia Nell Warren and Bishop John Shelby Spong.

Dan has also won the Jefferson Award for Public Service (tutoring in San Francisco's rough Bayview District) and continues to tutor English and History as well as write. His latest work will be out in the fall. It's titled SACRED COWS MAKE THE BEST HAMBURGER

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