Full-time grandpa, part-time author and self-publisher. Retired US Navy Officer and Operations Analyst. I started writing children's picture books and publishing as an act of love for my six grandchildren. My goal is to create a series of books that grow along with my grands as they move through elementary school. Boris Badger stars in his second book: Boris Badger 2: Boris Goes to the Market. (Dec 2019) The second edition of Book 2 is out now - Fully illustrated by Olga. (Dec 2022) I am a veteran, as well as a cancer & heart attack survivor. I love to read science fiction and fantasy: CJ Cherryh is my favorite living author; Roger Zelazny and Robert A. Heinlein are also classical Scifi favorites from my youth.