I began work in the theatre as a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre, trained under Eva LeGallienne and Robert Lewis. When I began to write I was grounded in the works of the great dramatists of the past and I learned from all of them. When I began to write novels they remained my mentors rather than Melville or Tolstoy or Twain, because film has put theatrical demands on the modern novel.

The Pinter Review Gold Medal for Drama ("The Nightgatherers"),
NEA Playwright Fellow,
CAPS Playwright Fellow,
National Repertory Theatre "First Prize" for "A Party For Lovers"
Two plays chosen for staging at The Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
"The Morgan Yard" chosen to open The 1974 Dublin Theatre Festival, and later to be The State of Missouri's contribution to the celebration of our nation's BiCentennial, in a production that open at The Missouri Repertory Theatre, then toured the state.

Three new plays: "The Nightgatherers" (before being produced it has been awarded The Pinter Review Gold Medal for Drama), "Helen of Troy Tells What Really Happened" and "The Mutilators". Plus a rewrite of an earlier play, now titled "Mortal Business", and a 1 Hour TV DocuDrama, "Pompeii...Where Ghosts Walk" and two screenplays: "A Party For Lovers", adapted from my prize-wininng play, and "Honey" - adapted from my novel.

The Place of the Winged Foot
Lists my works and reviews, some of my late film appearances, some of my songs, plus many pages of free audition monologs adapted from my plays.