Retired and loving it. Spend more time than I should sailing, writing, and hanging out in coffee shops. The inspiration for my first novel, Last Voyage of the Point Defiance, came from detailed diaries my father kept while serving in the Merchant Marine during the Second World War. Ne never talked about his service during the war, but from reading his diaries after his death, I wish he had. He lived an adventure few could imagine.

My second novel, Distant Thunder, is just the opposite. It is a contemporary mystery with a hint of mythology and folklore hovering in the background. As the protagonist works to solve a present-day conspiracy, her quest leads her to possible answers of unsolved mysteries from years past, and in the process begins to reveal who (or perhaps what) she might be.