When I was a teenager, I read all the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming and thought that some day I would like to write a novel too. I retired in February of 2012, and live in Mesquite, Nevada. In the first year of my retirement, I read over 100 books. It was through this experience the idea of writing a novel re-emerged.

In November of 2013, I told my wife about the story I wanted to write, and she started laughing, then said that she thought I was being facetious. She is not laughing anymore. In late November, I started the novel, Ghosts and Gold. In December of 2014, I decided to write the sequel, titled Ghosts and Murder. In the fall of 2015, I wrote the third and final book in the Ghosts series, Ghosts and Heroes. In May of 2016, I decided to try to write a thriller and started The Mechanic. I published it in September of 2016. I published America Strong in February of 2018.