Welcome!
What is home?
Is it a place? Or is it people?
I've given this question a lot of thought.
I first explored the idea of home as a place in my debut novel Do Over. But when I revisited that idea in my next novel, The Memory Trap, I came to a different conclusion.
Home isn't a place, I decided. It's the people who take up residence in our hearts.
Those people can be our parents and siblings, of course, and they can also be the people we meet along the way--kindred spirits in whose presense our best selves shine forth.
Thank you for visiting my site! Take a moment to look around. And, please, make yourself at home.
Me, my wife Amy, our son Max, and our daughter Mara, standing atop Cadillac Mountain in Maine's gorgeous Acadia National Park.
This is my family.
This is my home.
Two for one!
The Memory Trap is a mystery wrapped in a mystery. One is a straight-up whodunnit. The other is a locked-room mystery.
A locked room is a crime that's commited under seemingly impossible circumstances.
My locked room was inspired by the late Doug Henning, an awesome magician who once made an elephant disappear before my very eyes!
Doug Henning
Me, Myself & I!
What's new?
On August 22, I'm going to be featured on The Magic Word!
The Magic Word is a podcast for magicians, about magicians, that's hosted by a full-time magician: Scott Wells.
I was fortunate to meet Scott last month at a magic convention in Dallas, Texas.
After seeing him from afar, always in lively coversation, I finally got up the nerve to approach him.
Scott Wells
I asked if he'd be interested in doing a podcast about a magician who's written a mystery featuring a young magician.
Scott didn't hesitate. He said YES!
I really enjoyed our conversation. I hope you do, too!