{"id":15,"date":"2024-07-24T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-xl.net\/ArchwayPublishing\/856702\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-04-17T01:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:23:47","slug":"the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XlibrisUS\/874317\/the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XlibrisUS\/874317\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/author_photo.jpg\" alt=\"author\" class=\"wp-image-297\" style=\"width:216px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XlibrisUS\/874317\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/author_photo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XlibrisUS\/874317\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/author_photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XlibrisUS\/874317\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/author_photo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Tom Hanson has been blind since he was six years old, the result of Stickler\u2019s Syndrome, a hereditary genetic abnormality. 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