I set my stories against the years just before the Civil War because that time speaks to me—and, I believe, to us today. Back then, the telegraph was brand new, sending urgent news to citizens across the country. Ordinary families, like the Armstrongs in Lincoln Moon, learned about the Dred Scott decision from their newspapers, […]
I’m pleased to announce that my new novel, The Stars Are Fire, will be released in 2026. Picking up where The Lincoln Moon left off, it follows the steps of the Armstrong family, resuming their lives after a tragedy including a secret role of “station masters” along the Underground Railroad. A brother haunted by silence. […]
An empty page. It’s every author’s challenge, me included. “What next?” I always ask myself, after completing a chapter. Some days the answer appears in large chunks. Other days in dribs and drabs. On still other days, I sit forever before a blank screen before I finally put it all aside and ask, “Why in […]
As I write this, “The Lincoln Moon” is undergoing its finally copy edit and we are sequestered due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But thankfully my copy editor is helping it into final shape for its September, 2020 release and that is more than helping me pass the time. In 2005, I was suddenly seized with […]
My first novel, The Lincoln Moon, is about to be published, so I thought I’d use this space to muse about the historical backdrop of the time period in which in which which is its setting. My hope is to help readers better understand the relevant politics of the time period, 1857, which informs the […]
