Jack Perante is a retired healthcare executive turned writer and author. He has been married to his wife, best friend and inspiration, Grace, for 47 years. Their daughter, Michelle...view moreJack Perante is a retired healthcare executive turned writer and author. He has been married to his wife, best friend and inspiration, Grace, for 47 years. Their daughter, Michelle, and son Jeff, both live in Southern California. All provide him with great support in his writing projects. He continues his life-long love affair with the game of hockey. He plays with the Bald Eagles Hockey Club, a group of fellow retirees and hockey enthusiasts. Jack is a native of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, a "Yooper", and now lives in northern Illinois. In addition to writing and hockey, he loves golf, travel, reading and the craziness of politics. His latest work, One Yooper’s Journey, is a humorous, fictionalized autobiography.view less