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Vin Dova

The Cats of No Man’s Land

2024 Unpublished Contest - Winner (General Fiction)

Born into an international family of variety performers, Vin Dova grew up on the colorful streets of “Sin City” Las Vegas, scheming to make it big as a writer and filmmaker—until the terrorist attacks of September 11th sent his life in a very different direction.

Despite a contentious attitude towards authority, and the handicap of having a theatre degree, he convinced the US Navy to send him to flight school.  After deploying and flying around the world for a dozen years, he traded the cockpit for a desk at the Pentagon—but never stopped collecting stories and writing. Since retiring from government service, Dova has kept himself busy as a start-up tech executive and small business owner.

He and his wife of twenty-plus years share their crowded, Northern Virginia home with two teenage boys, too many cars, and four cats that would be instantly familiar to readers of The Cats of No Man’s Land.

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