I retired from a law enforcement career after working as a police officer for 28 years.I started as an officer for the La Mesa, CA Police Department in 1986, and moved to the Gresham, OR Police Department in 1992. I retired in 2014. While at Gresham PD, I was a sniper on SWAT team for 5 years, and was the team's lead hostage negotiator for the past 14 years. In my career with Gresham PD, I was a School Resource Officer, a Public Information Officer, a member of the Vehicular Crimes Team, and a traffic motorcycle officer (yes, I got paid to ride someone else's Harley for 6 years). I am a recipient of the department's Medal of Valor. After I retired, I began working as a Court Security Officer contracted to the US Marshals Service. I currently work at the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit at Pioneer Courthouse in downtown Portland, OR. My first novel, Sniper Shot earned an Honorable Mention from the Military Writer's Society of America in 2005. My second novel, The Dying of Mortimer Post, was published in 2010, and my third novel, Return Fire (the sequel to Sniper Shot) was released in July 2012. My newest novel, Bad Apple, will be released by Ibooks, Inc in April 2017, and its sequel, Relative Justice, is under contract with Ibooks for a 2018 release.

Military Writer's Society of America 2005 Honorable Mention for Sniper Shot