In this site you will find more information than any sane person could possibly want on me and my novels.

This site contains a listing of published novels, including story synopses and reviews, links to book sellers, author comments, and some personal mindless wanderings.

I welcome reader questions, comments, and email, and promise to answer each inquiry as quickly as humanly possible.

I hope you enjoy this website. Again, thanks for visiting!

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

I was born November 20, 1959 in Bakersfield, California. I lived there for only three years before moving to Santa Barbara, California. I attended Foothill Elementary, La Colina Jr High, and San Marcos High Schools. My interests at that time were art, music, writing, volleyball, the beach, science, and girls (not necessarily in that order). I graduated in 1977 and then served an LDS mission in Wisconsin. After that, I spent seven months at BYU on a cinematography scholarship, but that didn't pan out (pun intended).I returned to Santa Barbara and worked about two years at a research center before I realized an education was the only way to avoid a dead-end career.Over the next four years, I attended Santa Barbara City College, UC Santa Barbara, and BYU majoring in Biological Sciences. 

I then attended the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1990. I practiced in Northern California for six months before moving to Logan, Utah in 1991. I am currently the Director of Pharmacy for the Cache Valley Community Health Center in Logan.

Throughout my life, I have loved writing. I began my literary career writing and illustrating short stories (none of which were ever published). My first success came with cartoons published in Skin Diver Magazine, the Oceanographic Letter, and several in the New Era. It wasn't until I had graduated from college that I began to write seriously. Even then, it took nearly ten years before I had any success getting published.

My preferred reading genre is science-based thrillers, particularly the works of Robin Cook, Tom Clancy, and Michael Crichton. But I enjoy reading just about anything I get my hands on, fiction and nonfiction, including many LDS authors.

My literary claim to fame is being a finalist for a Whitney Award in 2008 for Do No Harm and in 2009 for Altered State.