David Carroll McDaniel was born on May 27th, 1956 in St. Louis Missouri. He was raised up on the St. Louis North side in the Von projects housing complex. He was born unto his loving parents, George and Marlene Ann McDaniel. His mother, Marlene Ann, gave Mr. McDaniel, his love for poetry and writing at a young age. Mr. McDaniel’s most loved writers are Robert Frost, Paul Lawrance Dunbar, Emily Dickerson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Psalm of David ‘Kind of Israel’. He has four siblings, two are sisters with the names, Crystal Yvonne McDaniel and Lisa Rose McDaniel. He also as two brothers with the names, Richard Anthony McDaniel and Dennis Trent McDaniel. Their mother, Marlene Ann has been deceased since 1981. She was devout God fearing woman. Her character was a great influence on the direction of Mr. McDaniel’s life. His book, “Still Waters”, is a thirty-year journey of events and observance of what his eyes have seen and his ears have heard. He hopes and prays that he has completed this work tastefully. He wants his reading audience to find it enlightening and entertaining.