I am a child of the sixties who grew up hard and fast in the notorious Maplewood Commons housing projects of inner-city Chicago surrounded by crime, violence, and the kind of street sense you either learn quickly or don't survive. That world never left me, and it never stopped finding its way onto the page. I am a U.S. Army veteran, a retired Doctor of Chiropractic, and apparently, a novelist. I discovered I liked to write later in life, and it turns out I have a flair for it. In 2019, I was named one of the 25 Most Promising Independent Authors by Independent Authors Magazine. I love reading Lee Child and wish I could write like Tom Clancy. Historical fiction is a passion. I grew up reading James Michener. My fiction draws from everything I have lived the streets, the service, the medicine, and the morally complicated people I have met along the way. My first series: The Emmett Casey Chronicles, follows a wandering soul shaped by the inner-city streets of Chicago and the jungles of Vietnam. Three novels: Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned, and The Heretic. My latest work launches The Thomas Quinn Mysteries, beginning with The Deathbed Confessions, born from a dare. I was challenged to invent a story on the spot with no preparation. What came out surprised even me: a psychological thriller that walks the razor's edge between good and evil, between right and wrong, and between the secrets men keep and the ones that finally kill them. I also co-wrote the Annie Abbott YA Fantasy Adventure Series with my daughter Isabelle Annie Abbott and the Druid Stones and Annie Abbott and the Race to the Red Queen, which proved that old dogs absolutely can learn new tricks. Book 2 of the Thomas Quinn Mysteries arrives Summer 2026. I live in Illinois now, after decades near the forests of northern Wisconsin. I have three grown children, a magical daughter and two sons. Follow me here on Goodreads so you don't miss what comes next.