Nick Mann trained at Howard University where he received a PhD in organizational communication. Since the middle 1970s he has operated a boutique consulting firm, serving federal government as well as labor and private industry clients. He began writing "Forgetful" as a labor of love in January of 2009 and it was finally published in September 2013. Nick lives in Washington, DC and is an adjunct faculty member at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. "Wounded," his second book, is both a prequel and sequel to "Forgetful."