I grew up south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduated from Lehigh University, then went into the Air Force and was a fighter pilot. When I was in sixth grade, my teacher had us write a page about our summer vacation. We turned them in, and she called me up to her desk to tell me I was a good writer. That made a lasting impression on me. I wrote a couple of plays in my twenties that were produced at a local college. I also wrote a screenplay that was shown on a local cable television station in Oklahoma. My other early writings were marketing and training materials for various companies I worked for.

I started writing The Wind: The Story of Arnald in 2010 and published it in 2020. The real Arnald and I collaborated on the story which is based on his life. He was born in Germany in 1927. At age 15, he was drafted into the Nazi army. The book tells his story growing up in that period and some of the experiences he had in World War II. At one point while writing, he told me I knew more about him than anyone else in the world. It was an honor for me. He ironically died on December 7, 2016, before the book was finished. I put it on the shelf, but wanted to complete it for him, so began finishing it a year later and published it.

Many people who read The Wind wanted to know what happened to Arnald after the war, so I wrote The Rain: The Story of Horst, which is a separate story on its own. It is set in post-World War II Germany, and lets the reader know what happened to Arnald while Horst struggles during the reconstruction and near famine of the country. Horst gets involved with a beautiful woman who works for the communist party in Germany and leads him into a troubled existence.

The Club: The Story of Ray was published in October 2024, which is set in America, in current times. Ray is a sheltered young man who learns the hard way about the real world. Ray hopes to have an interesting career after leaving the Air Force, but gets caught up in a terrorist plot. There’s romance, betrayal, and survival elements in the story.

Barriers: To a Christian Life was published on August 31, 2025. I have been leading Bible studies for the past twenty years, at various churches and denominations. Having that perspective, I wanted to share what I have learned, so I wrote this book. As such, I cover the theology of Christianity, the regrettable history of the religion, and other issues which may keep people away from the church.

There are many more stories to tell, and I plan to tell some.

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