Author Bio
"Before turning full time to fiction, I wrote history books, and worked variously as a scholarly editor, a re-searcher for TIME-LIFE Books, a political advance man, a theater photographer, a newspaper writer/editor, a lab technician for Paris-Match in France, and a medical illustrator-a hodge-podge career reflecting a chronic nosiness about other people's business (a real asset for a writer, by the way.) In addition to writing novels and occasional articles, I give talks and workshops all around the Northeast (or wherever else they'll have me).
I also work as a volunteer firefighter/EMT for my local fire department, as a death investigator for Vermont's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and as a part-time patrol officer for the Bellows Falls Police Department. When asked why I write what I write, I have boiled down my answer to the following: ignorance and curiosity-I am driven to find out more about the world I inhabit, but about which I will always know too little. My writing, while in the context of (I hope) an entertaining and compelling series of police procedurals, allows me to meet people I normally wouldn't get to meet and to visit places I normally wouldn't get to explore. It is my hope that my readers, as well as simply enjoying the stories, also benefit from what I learn.