My literary inspirations are J.K. Rowling, who also inspired my intellectually challenged son to become a reader. Speaking of my son, he is also one of my greatest inspirations, so I dedicated my first novel - Antiquity Calais: Standing at Armageddon - to him.

Although I am not a fan, I must confess that Hemingway had an impact on my writing style.

Richard Bach taught me how to think outside the box and provided many hours of reading pleasure during a time of my life that reading was not as important to me as it is now.