When I was a child I played fantasy games with my sister and brother until they thought they were too old to play with me any more--even though I was the oldest.  I went to sleep making up stories that continued from night to night.  At Princeton I disappeared from classes for a week to read Lord of the Rings.  A lot of things happened, a lifetime's worth.  Now I've come back.

Degrees in music composition from University of North Texas and Princeton University. I taught briefly at Princeton and the University of Illinois. After working for the Index of New Musical Notation I mostly freelanced in New York. One year, while doing my taxes, I realized I was making more money writing how-to books than composing. The switch to writer was painless. I've been manager of the Society of Composers, Inc. for more than 25 years, a part-time job that has allowed me the flexibility to write and helped me pay the bills.

Currently, I've finished four novels and as many short stories. I'm just beginning to market some of them.

Please see here for a more complete list of my works.