​I was born in Calgary, Alberta and grew up on a half-dozen military bases in Canada and Germany before settling in Ottawa, Canada.  I've been a waiter, a security guard (there is nothing less hip than being a nineteen-year-old security guard in full uniform at a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show), a bartender, made pool liners (a much tougher job than it sounds), delivered mail on Parliament Hill and played guitar in a punk band called The Rainkings.   

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Today I am a newly retired ecologist, conservation biologist and spend more of my time writing. I live with my wife Kim in Cocagne, New Brunswick. All along I've been writing – short stories, songs, and, over the last dozen years, novels.  

Published by Level Best Books, Long Train Home (March, 2022) and Boom Boom's Last Call (January, 2024) are my first two published books. Singer's Circle, published by Histria Books, released in August, 2025. And my first self-published novel, L'il Sis and Nooj is set to release in June 2026.