Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up in rural Pennsylvania near Gettysburg. After a long career in the paper industry and writing a bestselling nonfiction book, Safety WALK Safety TALK, I decided to follow a once-dormant dream of writing a novel. I enjoy reading about adventurers and explorers, traveling internationally, riding a recumbent tandem bike, and spending time with my grandsons.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Burning Ground was inspired by two memorable summers of my youth.
As a teenager, I worked on a fruit farm in Pennsylvania. It is here I met Redfield, a Crow Indian who lived a simple life but had a profound effect on the way I saw the world and people around me.
As a young man, I spent a summer in Yellowstone National Park in the late 1970’s giving guided tours on Yellowstone Lake. When I was not working, my days were spent exploring all corners of that magnificent land, often in the backcountry. My love for our nation’s first national park is rooted in that wonderful experience.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the sequel to Burning Ground, tentatively titled Fatal Ground.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Outline your story in rough terms, but don’t be afraid to stray from your original ideas as the story evolves. Just remember the main theme of the story and weave everything around that theme.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Never LEAVE something. Always go TO something.”
What are you reading now?
A Terrible Glory by James Donovan
What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to complete a trilogy of the Frontier Time Traveler series, which follows the protagonist Graham in the 1870’s through the Montana and Wyoming wilderness as historical events unfold.
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