I am a writer, editor, and former marketing executive in the travel and publishing industries. Most recently I have been working full-time as a writer and have co-authored five books with Richard Starks: 'In A Town Called Paradox', (Prestwicke Publishing) which is an historical novel set in 1950s Utah at the time when the Big Five Hollywood Studios arrived to film their blockbuster movies; 'Lost in Tibet',(The Lyons Press, 2012) which tells the true story of five young US airmen who, in 1943, were forced to bail out of the plane they were flying and found themselves stranded in Tibet; 'Along the River that Flows Uphill - from the Orinoco to the Amazon', (first published in print by Haus Publishing, 2009, and now also available as an ebook) which describes the difficult times we had traveling along the remote Casiquiare river in Venezuela; 'A Room with a Pew - Sleeping our way through Spain's ancient monasteries', (The Lyons Press September 2012) which covers a journey Richard and I made through Spain staying in monasteries alongside communities of monks or nuns; and, most recently, 'Greenland for $1.99', a short, illustrated book about a journey we made inside the Arctic Circle. I have been lucky enough to travel a lot throughout the more mountainous regions of the world - particularly to the Himalayas to research 'Lost in Tibet'. However, the countries of Europe still remain among my favorite places, especially Spain, where I have had the chance to polish up my Spanish. When I am not working on a book, I like to move around as much as possible preferably in the great outdoors. I also enjoy my role as a volunteer interviewer for a Carnegie Library oral history program.