I'm a writer of prose and plays, based in Evansville, Indiana. When not parenting my two boys, one of whom is now (gasp) in high school, I can be found at my desk, tap-tap-tapping on the keyboard and working on whatever story next needs to be freed from my head. Rumor has it that I only write fantasy fiction and horror. That's not true. Meanwhile, certain slanderous gossip insists that I only write plays. Balderdash. Finally, I hear that common wisdom holds that I only craft literary fiction. Hogwash. The plain truth of the matter is that I do all of those things, and I intend to continue doing so without regard to genre or labels or commercial concerns for so long as the stars shall dance in their places.A sensible, marketable strategy? No. But it's me, and it's mine.Just now I'm at work on a new play, THE FOX, along with the next in the ongoing series of Renner & Quist adventures, BONESY. After that, I'll turn my attention to finishing an Italianate historical, THE COPYIST. My agent continues to shop additional manuscripts, including A MOST UNRULY GNOME and THE PROTEST MAN.Dare I mention that I also collect old beer cans? Let me emphasize the word "old," as in from 1935 to 1970. If you have anything like that (perhaps you found a stash in the attic, or you were remodeling and a rain of cans popped out of your wall), do let me know. Soda cans, too, if they're old enough. We writers need hobbies to keep us out of trouble, harmless outlets that give us something other than words over which to obsess. For me, beer cans do the trick.I am a proud member of The Nature Conservancy, and I root for Manchester City whenever possible. I am a retired ultimate player, and if my knees still worked, I'd be hucking it long instead of typing this bio. Lastly, if The Waterboys, James, or the Jazz Butcher come anywhere near Evansville, you'll find me in the audience.