![]() About My First Book![]() "Riveting, moving, white-knuckle reading to rank with classic accounts of the 'perfect storm,' Krakatoa, and other storied calamities." ---Booklist Magazine Selected as one of the "Best Books of 2006" by the American Library Association and named a finalist in the 2007 Washington State Book Awards, UNDER A FLAMING SKY tells a gripping and inspiring story. To learn more about the book and read some of the great reviews it has received, please click "Flaming Sky" at the top of this page. |
Thanks for visiting my web site. Several years ago, I set out to learn more about what exactly happened in Minnesota on the hot, dusty first day of September, 1894--the day that my grandfather's world exploded in flames. As I dug through musty old newspapers, tattered books, and faded letters, I discovered an extraordinary tale about an almost unbelievable event, and I've recorded that tale in UNDER A FLAMING SKY. Please click "Flaming Sky" above to learn more about it. I am now working on a second book--THE INDIFFERENT STARS ABOVE--which will be published by HarperCollins/ If you have comments or questions about my work please feel free to send me email. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Diablo Valley College, the University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA. I taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford University before becoming a technical editor at Microsoft. I now live and write full time in the country east of Redmond, Washington with my wife, two daughters, and an assortment of cats, dogs, chickens, sheep, and honeybees. When I am not writing, I am likely to be birding, gardening, reading American history, reading Shakespeare, or chasing coyotes away from the sheep. |
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