{"id":53,"date":"2026-06-25T23:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-07-01T00:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:11:57","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"53\" class=\"elementor elementor-53\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf66525 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf66525\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc85da6\" data-id=\"fc85da6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c74b80a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c74b80a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da38ddf\" data-id=\"da38ddf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d5711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79d5711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">David Hamel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a28299f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a28299f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>David Hamel has spent a lifetime serving, leading, running, and reflecting. With more than three decades of military experience, remarkable marathon achievements, and firsthand encounters with pivotal historical events, he writes memoirs that preserve history while inspiring future generations.<\/p><p>His work blends authenticity, resilience, leadership, and hope into compelling stories that remind readers that every journey holds purpose, every challenge teaches resilience, and every finish line marks a meaningful beginning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Hamel David Hamel has spent a lifetime serving, leading, running, and reflecting. With more than three decades of military experience, remarkable marathon achievements, and firsthand encounters with pivotal historical events, he writes memoirs that preserve history while inspiring future generations. His work blends authenticity, resilience, leadership, and hope into compelling stories that remind readers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidlhamel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}