About

The Audiobook version of my most recent title, "Trilogy: Three True Stories of Scoundrels and Schemers" (Blackstone and BearManor Media, 2024), narrated by Peter Coyote, has won gold medals in two prestigious literary competitions. First in the Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards competition and then in the Electronic Literature (eLit) Awards Competition. Prior to "Trilogy", I authored the historical biography, "Pallenberg Wonder Bears - From the Beginning" (BearManor Media, 2022; updated edition released in February 2025); and the award winning pictorial history titled, "Images of America CLINTON" (Arcadia Publishing, 2019). Decades earlier, In the 1960s and 70s, I authored and illustrated five titles for New York City publishers (The John Day Company & Franklin Watts), which went out of print in the mid-1980s -- and were republished in two volumes by BearManor Media in 2023. Furthermore, I've illustrated two dozen others and provided art for the Bronx Zoo; the Humane Society of the United States; Little, Brown & Company; the Journal of Theoretical Biology; the Journal of Algebra; the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; and World Scientific Publishing. In 1969, I coordinated world premiere of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" for 20th Century Fox and in 1992, worked as a consultant for the U.S. House of Representatives’ "October Surprise Task Force", where according to Michael Zeldin, their Deputy Majority Counsel, my work “met and exceeded every expectation.” Previous to winning the 2024 gold medals for "Trilogy", my book "Images of America Clinton" was named "Best Research Publication" by the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. And in 2017, "Marquis Who’s Who" presented me with their Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. Other honors include the Association of Former Intelligence Officer’s General Richard G. Stilwell Award and the Duck Island Yacht Club’s Corinthian Award . An active member of each community in which I've ever lived, I spent eight years as a Clinton, CT Police Commissioner and am presently Chairman of the town’s Historic District Commission.

Other Works

  • Trilogy - Three True Stories of Scoundrels and Schemers (BearManor Media/Blackstone Publishing - Audiobook)

    2024
  • Peggy's Puzzles - Volume Two (BearManor Media)

    2023
  • Sets and Numbers for the Very Young (BearManor Media)

    2023
  • Peggy's Puzzles - Volume One (BearManor Media)

    2023
  • Trilogy - Three True Stories of Scoundrels and Schemers (BearManor Media - print and e-book)

    2023
  • "Images of America CLINTON" (Arcadia)

    2019
  • Geography Puzzles (Franklin Watts)

    1979
  • Math Puzzles (Franklin Watts)

    1978
  • Metric Puzzles (Franklin Watts)

    1977
  • The Second Adler Book of Puzzles & Riddles (The John Day Company)

    1963
  • The Adler Book of Puzzles and Riddles: Sam Lloyd up to Date (The John Day Company)

    1962

Awards and Recognition

  • "Images of America CLINTON", 2019 Best Research Publication, Connecticut Society of Genealogists.
  • 2024 IPPY gold medalist, "Trilogy - Three True Stories of Scoundrels and Schemers"; Audiobook; Category #91; Narrated by Peter Coyote (https://ippyawards.com/180/2024-medalists-89-ebook)

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