Living in Western Pennsylvania all my life, I’ve been an avid Whitetail hunter since old enough to tote a rifle, which is also about as long as I’ve had a fondness for word games and literature.

         While hunting last year, I actually did stumble upon a weathered tombstone in the middle of the woods.
​​​​​​​          Waiting patiently for any deer to cross my path gave me plenty of time to think about that lone grave’s inhabitant and ponder her story, which I was then driven to write.

         Eerily enough, this is the premise of The Legend of Rachel Petersen, my first novel published in 2012, which I recently revised.
          I call Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a small town outside of Pittsburgh, home.
​​​​​​​          My wife Becky and I share our home with two retrievers - Piper, and Remmy.