Born in a little town east of Cleveland, Ohio, I attended Kent State, taking a degree in Political Science and History; served in the U.S. Army (Anti-Aircraft Artillery) at Lakenheath Airbase in Suffolk, East Anglia, England.
Revolutionary Road, Easter Parade, Disturbing the Peace, and Eleven Kinds of Loneliness by Richard Yates; Pan by Knut Hamsun; The Dubliners by James Joyce; Dog Soldiers (or any early work) by Robert Stone; Tabloid by James Elroy; Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin; The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers; The Heart of the Matter, The Quiet American, or almost anything by Graham Greene; A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Conner; yes, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; "The Killers" and other short stories by Hemingway; "The Heart of Darkness," The Secret Sharer, The Shadow Line, or anything by Joseph Conrad.
Favorite Authors
Robert Stone, Flannery O'Connor, Richard Yates, James Baldwin, Joseph Conrad, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, James Elroy. Carson McCullers, Knut Hamsun.
