"Writing requires research, and I love searching the Internet, interviewing people, and visiting all kinds of fascinating places."

"My Rhett and Toni detective series are inspired in part by the classic Thin Man movies of the 1930s and 1940s."

"I wrote my cold war murder mystery based partially on my Navy experience when I tracked Soviet submarines."

"Lakota Dreams takes place mostly in one of my favorite places to visit, the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota."

"I hope readers are entertained by my stories and appreciate my deliberately simple, straightforward writing style."