About
I'm a seasoned freelance writer and editor with a deep appreciation for music and culture. I hold a B.F.A. from The School of Visual Arts in New York City, where I was a popular disc jockey at the school’s radio station. In the early 1980s, I was active in New York’s vibrant literary scene, regularly reading my poetry at the iconic Life Café.
My music journalism career includes interviews with artists such as Steve Harley, Paul Kelly, and Aboriginal musician Mandawuy Yunupingu of the band Yothu Yindi. I have also contributed to prominent publications like The Los Angeles Times and The Comics Journal, where I interviewed notable figures like cartoonists Gahan Wilson and Dan Piraro.
I was the founder of Wet Wires, a newsletter on technology for writers, and I published Looking Glass, the first electronic magazine. As a ghostwriter, I contributed several chapters to Spiritual Innovators: Seventy-Five Extraordinary People Who Changed the World in the Past Century (2002). Most recently, I penned an essay for This Guitar Has Seconds to Live: A People’s History of The Who (2023).
I'm a member of the Horror Writer's Association (HWA) and the American Copy Editors Society (ACES). I lives in Southern California with my wife and two rambunctious dogs.
Featured Work
Spiritual Innovators: Seventy-Five Extraordinary People Who Changed the World in the Past Century (contributor)
Fascinating profiles of the most important spiritual leaders of the past one hundred years. An invaluable reference of twentieth-century religion and an inspiring resource for spiritual challenge today. The result of a nationwide survey of experts in leading universities and seminaries, as well as leading representatives of dozens of religious traditions and spiritual persuasions, this authoritative list of seventy-five includes martyrs and mystics, intellectuals and charismatics from East and West.
