Hometown:

Macomb, IL

About Me:

I'm a writer and a former writing instructor at Western Illinois University, where I taught freshman composition for 25 years. I'm married with two children. I sometimes like to joke that I'm the best writer in America that no one has ever heard of.

I Am A:

Reader, Writer

Books And Authors I Like:

Ross Macdonald
Robert B. Parker
Charles Portis
Rex Stout
Georges Simenon
John Barth

Movies And TV Shows I Like:

The Bourne series, Collateral and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford are typical of what I like in films.
As for TV, I like PBS's Masterpiece Mystery, especially Sherlock and Inspector Lewis.