I'm a former print reporter and current public relations professional and a late-bloomer in the world of fiction, having self-published the first novel in my Noelani Lee mystery series in 2013.

 

After serving as a Journalist in the U.S. Navy, I wrote for community and daily newspapers in San Diego County and later launched a career in public relations in Las Vegas and San Antonio. I've won awards for my news and public relations writing; they are now collecting dust in a closet somewhere.

 

I hold a B.A. in Communications from National University in San Diego, and an M.A. in Strategic Communication and Leadership from Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. When I'm not writing, I can most often be found reading, watching far too many foreign crime dramas on TV, and shopping for unusual craft beers.

 

I'm is a member of the Private Eye Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. My wife, Donna, and I live in a stucco-and-red-tile roofed suburban cookie-cutter as guests of a Bengal cat named Malia and a basset hound who sometimes answers to Lola.