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Dan Gaffney MA, MPH, Grad Dip Ed, Grad Cert Comm was born in Sydney, Australia. He is a former psychologist, teacher and journalist. His writing has been published in The Australian, The Weekend Australian, Australian Doctor, Hospitals and Aged Care, The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, The Australian Journal of Public Health, Health Tech Wire, Medium, Uniken, Radius, and Sydney Alumni Magazine. He has also been health broadcaster for ABC Radio National. For the past 20 years he has mentored groups in more mindful living and relationships. His interest in writing about living and dying well was sharpened five years ago when he was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer. ""Many of us see death and dying as fearful and traumatic events to be foiled at any cost,"" says Dan, ""but in our efforts to outflank mortality, we might be losing sight of what death and dying ask of us and how these events can enrich our lives. 'Embracing mortality is an opportunity to celebrate the preciousness of life, to live fully in the time we have remaining, and to review the unfinished business we've accrued and deferred for too long. 'But that's not all. Living with an open-hearted acceptance of death, whether our time is near or far, could be a way to craft a life-affirming legacy for our families and loved ones that's nearly unimaginable in today's world. It could also be a path to reclaim a richness we're often denied in our death-phobic culture.' Journey Home-Essays on Living and Dying is his first book.

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