BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH
rior
to my decision to become a novelist I was an assistant professor of English and
Humanities at the University
of Northern Colorado.
During that time I published a dozen or so 
scholarly
essays, twice earning the commendations from the Dean of Arts and Sciences for
my scholarship. In my last year of teaching, I won the university's Pan
Hellenic Award for outstanding teaching—one of three given that year.
Since
moving to Switzerland
with my Swiss-born wife Martha in 1993, I have worked exclusively as a writer
of fiction. My first novel, Silent She Sleeps (Heinemann /
Mandarin and Random House 1997) was published as Selbstjustiz in Germany
(1998). The following year came Im
Glashaus, a novel I was able to sell in a German language edition but have
not yet brought to an English language publisher. In 2002 Southern Illinois University Press (Carbondale, Illinois)
brought out Silent She Sleeps under
the title of The Whisper of Leaves. This edition included new material and a great
many updates to the original. It won the
bronze medal in the mystery category—third place nationally—in ForeWord
Magazine's Book of the Year Awards. In
2006, I signed an exclusive contract with Myrmidon Books and brought out The Painted Messiah the following
year. The Blood Lance was published in September of 2008. In late summer of 2008, I signed a contract
for the novel "Cold Rain" with Myrmidon, which will hopefully be
brought out in 2009.
I
hold a Ph.D. in English (1988) and a master's degree in Humanities
(1984). I am a bridge player and an enthusiast of mountain hiking.
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