The author hails from the Atlantic Ocean resort of Surf City, New Jersey. A sailor, surfer, architect and musician, he has designed and built sailboats and surfboards, composed and performed rock music, taught secondary-school English, edited the periodical "The Absolutist" and written novels including "Love Me Do", "Pamela; or Virtue Reclaimed", "Deirdre, the Wanderer", "Gothic Night" and "The Castle of the Seven Virgins".
Inspired by Christian moralism, 18th-century fiction and the gothic, his novels and verses feature modern, astute characters, exotic or fanciful settings and surre...