Born into a US Navy family.  Traveled the world until I was well into my 30's.  Have been just about everywhere.  Became interested in the Far East and Africa, the religions and cultures of these areas.  They became the inspiration for novels set in more romantic times or in present time. I found the writers H Rider Haggard, Talbot Mundy, Edgar Rice Burroughs as well as Rudyard Kipling and was off and running with their terrific stories.  I wanted to bring back the mystical adventure these guys wrote about and I hope my first novel has accomplished this.