I'm the middle child of five. Regular smoker at eleven (quit at thirty-two). Actually liked school, especially high school, where my modern language was Russian.
Father at twenty and grandfather at forty-seven. College took nine years at four schools (BS from Fairleigh Dickinson).
I've earned money cutting grass in a graveyard, washing dishes, sorting mail, collecting for a finance company, bookkeeping, supervising seventy office clerks, and selling insurance—eventually owning the agency with my older brother.
After cashing out, I switched from part-time to full-time fiction writing. Pieces have won and placed in short fiction contests. Others have appeared in numerous e-zines. Before switching to novels, I released a collection of my favorites in Sum of Many Things.
