- Won Honorable Mention for the Al Blanchard Award for his short crime story “The Stone Walls of Lebanon.”
- 2004 recipient of the Andre Dubus Award in short fiction from the University of Southern Maine.
- Short story “Loss Prevention” featured in USM’s literary journal Word & Images. The Forecaster called “Loss Prevention” ‘an interesting psychological tale.’
- The short story “The Devil’s Dumping Ground” was published in Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers.
- Many award-winning short stories and essays published in various literary journals.
- Contributing member of Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.
- Member of Mystery Writers of America.
- B.S.: Criminal Science. MA: Northeastern and University of Washington.
- Editor and writer, Northeastern History Newsletter, Public History News.
- Worked as an Intelligence Analyst for the Drug Enforcement Agency (Organized Crime Unit) in Washington D.C.
- Worked on the case that was the basis for the movie, Drug Wars: The Enrique Camarena Story.
- Worked on the legal case that became the basis for the hit movie, starring John Travolta, and best-selling book by Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action.