J. Michael Dumoulin is a 30-year Air Force and NASA retiree; former science museum strategic initiatives director; and an author/illustrator. He is an award-winning communicator, a writer, and exhibit designer. He published his first book, "This and That," in 2010. The three-book set "Flatcreek Tales" (2015) were his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th books. J. Michael's fifth book, "Followership: The Manual" came out in 2016 (4th ed., 2020); his "Great Nations Dare to Explore" manuscript in 2017;" and "Balanced on a Moment" in 2020. "A Frenchman's Duty," (3rd ed., 2023) currently rates 5 stars on Goodreads. And someday, when he feels old enough to release a memoir, he'll publish "The Threads that Bind" (2019), too. Colonel Dumoulin earned a B.A. in Graphic Arts at Florida State and a B.S. in Advertising at the University of Florida. Awarded a Masters in Public Communications from Boston University, he also holds a post-Masters certificate in National Strategy from the Air Force's Air University.