I’m an author, journalist, lecturer and performer. My first novel, crime thriller Green Shoots, is available now.
I’m a former Daily Telegraph journalist and write on travel, family and environmental issues. I’ve authored several travel guidebooks on destinations from Ecuador, Galapagos and Peru to London. I combine freelance writing with lecturing at University of Brighton in the UK. I’m also an experienced musician and have released two albums as a singer-songwriter.
Born and raised in Calgary, Canada, I graduated from the Theatre Arts program at Mount Royal University. After about 20 years working in the entertainment industry, I worked as a singer, actor, director, producer and technician in live shows and film & television. Frustrated by my lack of (financial) success as a performer, I decided to take a 5-year ‘hiatus’ from Show Biz and travel the world teaching English.
Fifteen years later… I started writing my first novel.
My first destination was Turkey, where I met my wife and watched her give birth to our son. I missed performing and creating/telling stories, and was able to channel some of this energy into writing and directing amateur actors and students in a few plays. Later, we moved to Germany, where my wife’s career took us. I continued teaching and had much success, but the artist in me longed for expression. So, I began taking courses online and started writing and planning my next career move— to be a self-published author.