Gary Van Haas is a graduate of Journalism at UCLA and has spent the last twenty years writing articles after touring the world's most intriguing travel destinations at the same time researching their indigenous cultures, various customs, mythology and archaeological sites. He has work as a freelance feature travel writer for the International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Time, Athens News and Travel Magazine.

After THE IKON book was published he completed two more sequel thrillers for his ‘Garth Hanson’ adventure series called, MALABAR RUN, set in popular Goa, India, and HEAVEN’S RAGE an adventure thriller set in Thailand. His latest academic book just completed is called, IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT GREECE, which is said to be one of the most comprehensive and compelling travel-historical works completed to date.

Gary has been involved for 25 years in the Film Industry as a producer and screenwriter and has 6 movies in development with various movie production companies worldwide. You can find his film writing credits on IMDb here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3572940/

Some of his published books are:

LATIN QUARTER -- about young Picasso’s wild early years in Paris in 1902.

MY MTV! -- The unabridged true story about the beginnings of MTV.

BLOOD ON THE BORDER – a tense police thriller about the DEA vs. Drug Cartels

THE DEVIL'S BANKER -- an incredible murder thriller involving the Mafia & Vatican