During the 1990s I began reading Henry Miller. I was drawn to his work and his life story, and before I retired from a career in education I began research for my biography of him, The Unknown Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur. My book focuses on his years living in Big Sur, California, where he settled after his return from Europe in 1940 and wrote many of his most important books. My biography of him was published through Skyhorse/Arcade in March 2014. My second non-fiction book, "Mavericks, Mystics, and Misfits: Americans Against the Grain," was published on March 17, 2020 by Sunbury Press. This book takes the reader on a journey across American history through the lives of exemplary men and women who challenged the prevailing customs and habits of mind of their times. My essays on climate change and socialism have been named among the ten best non-fiction pieces published in the zine Across the Margin during 2019.