Shout Box

Interesting news. I've been contacted to include The Sweet Warm Earth in the 2017 Best American Mystery Stories. No contract as yet so we will see. But since I've submitted a bio and notes, I think it's official.

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About me
I'm a sort of Science Fiction Writer/Software Engineer.

I was born in Southern California and, nearly being a native Angelino, have no need to live there. Consequently, I spent most of my life moving north. California to Alabama to Seattle to Missouri. Then, I left home and went to college at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Fast forward 8 years to get a B.S. in Zoology and an M.S. in Neurophysiology. Found out I was suited to be a labtech.  Times being what they were I went into software and moved to Boston.

I became serious about writing in 1972. I attended Clarion SF Workshop in 1978. When I left biology for computing it was with the idea that the engineering would support my writing habit. After all, it was just a 9-to-5 job, right? (Gales of hysterical laughter.)

That was 1979.

Now, I did have the chance to work on the NASA Ares project-- for a bit, anyway.  Neat Stuff.

I’ve had about thirty or so short stories published in various places and three novels.