Donald E. Auten

Vita of Donald E. Auten

Author of:

"Black Lion ONE, TOPGUN Trailblazer"

“Alika – Odyssey of a Navy Dolphin”

"Roger Ball! Odyssey of a Navy Fighter Pilot"

Donald E. Auten, a native of Southern California, graduated from Long Beach State University, Salve Regina University, receiving a Master of Science degree and the Naval War College, where he earned a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. He retired from the Navy following a twenty-seven-year career and completed two commanding officer assignments, several staff postings on both coasts, and a three-year assignment at the Pentagon as a Joint Strategic Plans Officer.

Although originally trained as a light-attack pilot, he graduated from TOPGUN fighter and adversary courses and became an adversary instructor pilot in four adversary commands. In the course of seventeen years of training and operational flying, Donald completed six squadron assignments and logged nearly five thousand hours. He makes his home in Etna, Wyoming and Coronado, California with his wife, Katherine Sullivan Auten and their Labrador, Megan. Donald is the author of "Roger Ball!, Odyssey of a Navy Fighter Pilot", "Alika, Odyssey of a Navy Dolphin", and recently released from Schiffer Publications, "Black Lion ONE, TOPGUN Trailblazer.