I am a writer of mystery novels, short fiction, poetry, screenplays, musicals, and video games.

I currently reside in lovely West Hollywood, California.

After graduating from Kent State University, I worked as a customer service representative helping clientele in English, French, and Spanish with tech issues. Longing to go west, I moved to California, where I worked at Starbucks, as a personal assistant to a model, as a server in a posh restaurant (for one day), as a copy editor and fact checker at Genre Magazine, as well as a driver and production assistant at the Hollywood Bowl. In 2000, I began 22 years of teaching Latin at a private middle school in Los Angeles. 

I am now freelancing as a French and Latin tutor while working on my first mystery novel "The Murder of Marcus Flevo." I am living the artist's life with my spouse and our dog, Lucy.