Freelance writer, investigative journalist and editor since 1983

Author of two books:
• Official Netscape Internet Business Starter Kit
• Food & Provisions of the Mountain Man

Author — hundreds of nonfiction articles published in newspapers and magazines in the United States as well as Great Britain, Germany and New Zealand

Former business editor, San Diego Magazine; editor-in-chief, The T-Sector magazine; managing editor, Maritime Quarterly; managing editor, San Diego Log newspaper

Former contributing editor — San Diego Metropolitan magazine; Advisor publications; SanDiego.com

Former staff writer — San Diego Business Journal, San Diego Log and QuokkaSports; stringer for Associated Press

Professional honors — four Best-of-Show awards from San Diego Press Club as well as numerous first-place awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and San Diego Press Club

Judge — San Diego Book Awards (2005-07, 2009-11), San Diego Short Story Awards (2006)

Writing workshops / speaker — Society of Professional Journalists, Almost Free Outdoor Writers' Conference, San Diego Writers/Editors Guild, Sisters in Crime, San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN)