And now for the nonfiction part of this website. Somehow I'm far more comfortable telling the story of my characters' fictional lives than my real one, but here goes.

I started writing a few essays in my spare time when my son was a baby.  It wasn't until he was older and introduced me to some excellent young adult fantasy literature that I became really interested in the genre. I got much more serious about writing as the story for Stones of Abraxas took shape in my mind. Now I can't get through most days without picking up a pen and scribbling a couple of pages or editing something that's already written.

I've been working on not only young adult novels, but also humorous essays, middle grade novels, picture books, a little short fiction, an adult novel, and two nonfiction books. My first nonfiction book was released in October 2008 by Lerner Publishing. It's called Muammar Al-Qaddafi's Libya, and, as you might expect, it's about the nation of Libya under its quirky leader, Muammar Al-Qaddafi. I've written another book for Lerner about Slobodan Milosevic in Yugoslavia that was released in 2009.