About
After going to New York University as a writer I’ve had the great good luck of having a variety of careers— a blessing for any author. I’ve been the assistant curator of a museum, worked for a radio telescope observatory and for several years I was the lead reviewer and feature writer for The Saratogian newspaper covering the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and its resident companies, the New York City Ballet, the New York City Opera, the Philadelphia Orchestra— among many others — as well as writing a wide variety of features. I’ve been a media and advertising consultant, a web designer and a professional political campaign manager and media consultant. I’ve now written four books including the novels New York Station and its sequel The Hungry Blade, both available from Blackstone Publishing in hardcover, paperback, ebook, boxed audiobook set and audiobook download. I am planning another sequel The Necessary Evil Guys. I’ve also written several other books including the novels St. Kilda and Timeshoppers as well as a non-fiction work on the intersection of culture, language and politics, In The Minds Of The People.
Featured Work
New York Station
In August 1940—eighteen months before Pearl Harbor—Anglo-American MI6 agent Roy Hawkins is mysteriously rushed from Nazi-occupied Paris to New York. Enraged at being ordered away from what he believes is the real fight against Nazism and Fascism, he wants to get back to Paris as soon as possible, even though he knows it means almost certain death.
In New York, Hawkins is shocked and sickened to encounter a now alien America increasingly dominated by right-wing extremists, including a new radio celebrity, Walter Ventnor. After a tense encounter with his friend and mentor William Stephenson, he agrees to temporarily pursue a Nazi commercial envoy, Hans Ludwig, and try and stop him from stealing American submarine warfare secrets. Hawkins follows Ludwig to the elite Saratoga racing meeting, where Ludwig is cultivating top American business leaders. There he meets the scion of an ancient and aristocratic New York family, Daisy van Schenck. Fascinated by her after he persuades her to throw Ludwig out of her mansion, which Ludwig has rented, Hawkins finds himself increasingly attracted to Daisy and a different life. When Hawkins discovers a Nazi plot to rig the presidential election, he is forced to choose between duty and the woman he loves.
Other Works
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The Hungry Blade
2020
