Former newspaper reporter and feature writer for the Kankakee Daily News (IL), Daily Sun-Journal (FL ) and Suncoat News (FL). Author of BLUE EYES, paranormal novel; BRIDGED BY LOVE, historical fiction; MURDERS IN THE SWAMPLAND, true crime; DANGER IN THE CLIFFS (romantic suspense; and coming soon: SAYING I LOVE YOU (poetry) and MURDERS ON THE SUNCOAST (true crime). All books published by Asylett Press. In the early 1980s, I was the co-editor/co-publisher, with Carol Schott, of the literary magazine Pteranodon and the Pteranodon Chapbook Series; and in the 1990s co-editor/publisher of the online Write On Magazine with Evelyn Manak. My fiction, articles and poetry have appeared in numerous literary and national magazines as well as publications for teenagers including Scholastic Scope and Star magazines. Recently, my name was credited on “I Almost Got Away With It: Got The Wrong People Killed”, on the Discovery ID television.  

Honors include the 1998 “Outstanding Achievement In Your Vocation” award from the Rotary Club of Dunedin North; “Outstanding Dedication To Reliable and Impartial News Coverage” from the Dunedin City Commission in 1996; and “Reliable Reporting of Local Government News 1991—1999” from the Dunedin City Commission. I am an honorary member of the Kiwanis club in Countryside, Florida.