Danton Steele
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Overthe last thirty-seven years, Danton Steele has been asked often why he enjoysliving in the developing world. Hisresponse is always same. “Hell I grew upin the 50s and 60s in a developing country – the State of Louisiana.” Then Louisiana was known as much for itscorrupt politicians as it was for its food and its music.
Steele,a pen name, began his international career in the Peace Corps in Botswana in1973. He was thirty-five and on afive-year assignment in the Philippines for a major American bank when he wroteThe Marcos Money in the early-80s. He experienced most of the scenes and situations portrayed in the book, includingdevaluation, debt rescheduling, and mayhem following the murder of NinoyAquino. He knew most of the characters inthe book though many of the names have been changed and many of the rolesinterchanged. His central plot, thoughtempting and laudable, is pure fiction.
Followingthe Philippines, Danton lived in Sri Lanka, South Africa, Hawaii, The Gambia,Jamaica, and Jordan implementing international development projects of variouskinds. He traveled more than forty times to Kashmir, were he always stayed withGulam’s family on the New Golden Fleece. In Jordan he converted this book into ascreenplay entitled “The Marcos Money”, and he penned a screenplay entitled“The Red-Dead”, another fast-paced thriller of love, honor killing, andgeologic upheaval of epic proportions. He currently lives in Pakistan where he is working on a third screenplayentitled “Osama’s Head”.
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