K.S. Dwyer is a military Gold Star son and family member who comes from humble beginnings. Throughout his career, K.S. has been an entrepreneur and a business magnate for a variety of companies including bootstrap start-ups and public and private organizations in the education, entertainment, professional sports, and financial fields. He has been involved in mergers and acquisitions, and has a deep belief in philanthropy, including working with a multitude of charitable organizations. K.S. enjoys spending time with his family at the ocean, boarding in a kaleidoscopic barrel wave, boating, biking, horseback riding, or contemplating the rhythms of life at a baseball game-one of the places he considers to be a house of hope and healing. K.S. also enjoys exploration-especially of islands or mountains-or any place where he can be at one with nature. Poems for Courage is his latest book. For more information about his previous books, visit his website at www.ksdwyer.com.