I'm a recovering lawyer who discovered that writing about 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. I later reinvented myself as an executive coach and career management expert, earning Master Coach certification while counseling senior executives and legal teams.

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

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My nonfiction 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 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 at age 75, 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 Pamela and three spectacularly unpredictable dogs who provide daily inspiration for the chaos that drives my novels.