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Don Allen Holbrook, born April 14, 1960. Author, motivational speaker, Economic development and site location consultant / subject matter expert. Former Fellow Member, Board of Director and Certified Economic Developer within the IEDC until 2012, when he decided to pursue his writing and public speaking career full-time. He has been married since 1990 to Laurie Ann Holbrook, and they reside in Las Vegas, Nevada. They have two sons together. Holbrook has had twelve books published over the past decade, spanning both non-fiction and fiction genres. His fiction style is to find real life stories that expose factual events and/or issues or urban legends and then write a fibtionsl depiction to raise the awareness of the topic. His story telling style allows his readers to become more aware, while still being entertained and gaining the emotional satisfaction of a great thriller driven tale.

Holbrook has been published in USA Today, New York Post, Washington Post, LA Times, Expansion Solutions magazine, Business Facilities and FDI magazines. He has appeared on Fox News, and NBC Television, and been interviewed on NPR and ABC radio and many others. Hometown is Dayton, Ohio. Holbrook had his first book published in 2007, “The Little Black Book of Economic Development. His 2014 #1 Best Selling book, The Next America-Survivong and Thriving in an Unpredictable Economy, Established him on the permanent list of best selling authors, when attained #1 Status in all three categories on Amazon in the summer of 2015. Holbrook is a member of the Best Selling Authors Association, and the Authors Guild of America. His most significant work has been on the soon to be released fiction novel, The Ninth Templar-Guardian of the Grail.

Holbrook was knighted in 2010 at the USMA West Point by the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (Knights Templar). He is a renowned historian and subject matter expert on the history and secret mysteries of the Knights Templar.

Check out his book, “The Knights Templar Uncloaked, Createspace, 2012” https://g.co/kgs/cdo9GR