About

In my 20+ years as an author, I’ve published adult, YA, and middle-grade novels.
Most recently my middle-grade novel Stormstruck!, a Kirkus Best Book, won a “highly recommended” honor from the Boston Authors Club. My other publications include short story collections and fiction and articles in national publications.

Much of my work has been informed by my life on saltwater, on which I’ve worked for a living aboard commercial fishing vessels and sailed for pleasure since early boyhood.

I’ve also led a double life as a creative director and writer in corporations and copywriter in Madison Avenue and Boston advertising agencies, most recently as Senior Director, Brand & Creative with Dell Technologies.

Other Works

  • A Sailor’s Valentine and Other Stories

    2013
  • Tumbledown Tales

    2013
  • Into the Trap

    2011
  • Seaborn

    2008
  • The Sea Singer

    2005
  • Salt Luck

    2005
  • A Man of Many Skies

    2000
  • Our Perfect Youth

    1998
  • A Sailor's Valentine

    1994

Awards and Recognition

  • The Boston Authors Club named STORMSTRUCK by John Macfarlane a Julia Howe Ward Children’s/Young Adult Highly Recommended Book for 2016.