Working for well-known energy companies in engineering, marketing, and finance from refineries to corporate offices prepared me to write my accessible, award-winning, and reader-praised global energy thrillers 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy, Strike Price, The Second Law, and Winner's Curse. Strike Price won a first place award as the best mystery/thriller from the Texas Association of Authors and The Second Law won a first place award as the best international thriller from Texas Association of Authors. In addition to my books, two of my short stories have been published in Amazon Shorts, two in anthologies, and two independently at KDP.  Altogether I've appeared at over 150 book marketing events. 

I also write professionally about energy investing in a parallel career (Starks Energy Economics LLC) and run half-marathons occasionally--21 so far. I'm honored to have been inducted into the Ponca City (Oklahoma) High School Hall of Fame, one of the first 25 out of 33,000+ graduates.