Born in Somerville, Massachusetts and raised in historic Medford, Massachusetts (seventh oldest town in America), I am a self-described jack-of-all-trades. I have been a navy engineer officer, navy civil engineer, helicopter control officer, columnist, sports editor, sports writer, feature writer, freelancer, asset protection agent, training coordinator, safety specialist, training instructor and videographer, among other things.

I have been writing since I was nine years old and had started seeing old science fiction monster movies on television.