Born on an island heightens the interest in boating and sailing, to feel the salty spray against the skin, and the unstable feeling of the roll and pitch of a ship's deck under foot. My life began on the small island of Galveston, located off the Texas coast. The same spit of land that the French pirate Jean Lafitte named Campeachy in 1817.

During my Air Force career, I made many flights above the Arctic Circle including flights over the geographical North Pole. While stationed in Europe, I flew many hours over the arid deserts and isolated areas of Africa and the Middle East on humanitarian missions. As a non-professional race car driver, I had the opportunity to drive a Lotus Formula One car in England. I have sailed the Gulf of Mexico with brief voyages into the Caribbean Sea. As a writer, I have traveled thousands of miles in the United States, Europe and Mexico, researching facts to insure the accuracy of the details described in my books.

One of my many assignments in the USAF was to evaluate jet engine performance. My primary civilian occupation was to transform engineering data into technical manuals. An avid history buff since high school, I changed my writing style to literary prose, my favorite genre being historical fiction.

Upon retirement, I became a tour guide at the old Granbury, Texas jail/museum. There I met Kenneth Hendricks, the great, great grandson of Davy Crockett. I persuaded Ken to write the Foreword for my book, A Tradition Texans Didn't Forget.

I am an active Mason. My wife and I are involved in the Masonic sponsored 'Take time to Read' program at the local elementary school where we tutor third graders in reading.