C.L. Dahl was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and has been fortunate to travel the globe and to study, work and live in Europe, Africa and North America. Laughing Lions is his third published work; he is also the author of two novels, Waking in Nigeria (c)2008 and The Oldest Professions (c)2011; two further works, Rebirth in Kashmir and Buzzard, are to be published in 2014 and 2015. He splits his time living between London and the English countryside with his black and tan coonhound, Lawrence.