An Iowa native, I was born and raised in Clinton, home town of the American movies’ first sex symbol, Lillian Russell. I graduated from Clinton High School with no distinction, direction, or enthusiasm. I attended several colleges, graduating from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in English, then an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing from the Iowa Writers Workshop. These accomplish-ments stunned my high school guidance counselors. Later, I earned an M.A. from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, in Special Education. I have had two careers. One has been as an English professor in various colleges; the other, working with emotionally-disturbed adolescents in programs in North Carolina, Georgia, and South Carolina. I am a four-year veteran of the USAF. I am happily married to my long-suffering wife, Elisabeth, who taught English to 9th graders. At the end of the day I would say to her, “Here, have some wine. And she does. And so do I.” She is happily retired. We have two grown daughters. The elder is a tenured, published professor at Eastern Connecticut State University. The younger daughter is a published poet, living in the Greenville area and working for The Governor’s School for Fine Arts Foundation. I am unreasonably proud of my wife and daughters. We have a pitbull mix rescue dog (Lily) and a cat (Beeker) who refuses to follow instructions. I was an English professor for ten years at Newberry College, located in the South Carolina town by the same name. I have published a variety of articles in various commercial magazines, poetry and short stories in literary venues, and a novel (Son-up, Son-down) sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. My mainstream commercial novel, Signs of Struggle was published by Neverland Press in September, 2012. The sequel (2nd in a series), A Far Gone Night, was published October 2014. The third, The Face on the Other Side, was published in March, this year. I am hard at work on #4, plus another, stand-alone novel about a lonely man living in the mountains of North Carolina, who sees a murder but does not report it. For fun, I think about working out, go on a hike every now and then, read everything from Robert B. Parker to Dorothy Ayers, and play with my dog, Lily. I also take frequent naps. Enough about me. I'll be adding books as I come across ones I think you'd like, including some classics from the past. Thanks for stopping in.