I'm a recovering lawyer who discovered that creating fictional crimes is far more satisfying than prosecuting real ones. After decades in the legal world—from Harvard Law School to federal prosecutions to global law firms—I've found my true calling crafting the twisty, character-driven thrillers that became the Victor Harding Adventures.

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My career has been as unpredictable as one of my plots. I've been a trial lawyer in a major Philadelphia firm, a federal prosecutor handling complex criminal cases, legal counsel to Pennsylvania's mental health system, and communications director for a multi-billion-dollar government agency. Later, I reinvented myself as an executive coach and career management expert, earning Master Coach certification while counseling senior executives and legal teams on leadership and professional development.

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For over two decades, I was an award-winning columnist for Dow Jones' National Business Employment Weekly and Career Journal, which taught me that everyone has a story worth telling—and that the best stories often come from the most unexpected places.

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My nonfiction writing has appeared in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The American Lawyer, and numerous other publications. I've authored several business books, including guides on networking and legal project management. But nothing prepared me for the rich satisfaction of creating Victor Harding's world, where desperate characters make dangerous choices and small-town secrets explode into deadly consequences.

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Armed with a Harvard JD and a Master's in Communications from Penn's Annenberg School, I thought I understood human nature. Then I started writing fiction and realized I was just scratching the surface.

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I live in suburban Philadelphia with my extraordinary wife and three spectacularly unpredictable dogs who provide daily inspiration for the chaos that drives my novels.