About the Author
I was born and raised in Malibu, California where my father was a successful film producer. Writing began for me when I picked up a Jules Verne novel at age fourteen and I was hooked. Books transported me to new places and gave me new experiences. I took creative writing classes through high school and college, and I knew that writing would be my life. With a degree in English and History, I went on to complete a Masters in Communications arts and began my career.
My career started with film scripts, corporate executive speeches, and live events. Success led to the formation of my own Los Angeles-based communications company providing a full range of creative services including script writing, speech writing, film writing, film and multi-media production, and live event design and staging. I worked with many Fortune 500 corporations where CEOs and top executives entrusted me with fashioning and delivering their strategic business and marketing messages throughout the United States and around the world.
Multi-disciplinary success led to network television writing and production contracts with CBS Television and Discovery Channels as well as other international broadcast interests.
A five-year contract with the Organization of American States (OAS) sent me to the West Indies where I worked with Presidents, Prime Ministers, Premieres, and Ministers of State. My work with the OAS required that I live within the indigenous communities and learn about the people, their beliefs, customs, and traditions. This experience allowed me to journey deep into the jungles of South America and across the Caribbean Sea—where pirates still roam—and where, on seemingly idyllic tropical islands, I found black magic and dark intentions living just below the surface of polite society. It was all fertile soil for my imagination.
My career started with film scripts, corporate executive speeches, and live events. Success led to the formation of my own Los Angeles-based communications company providing a full range of creative services including script writing, speech writing, film writing, film and multi-media production, and live event design and staging. I worked with many Fortune 500 corporations where CEOs and top executives entrusted me with fashioning and delivering their strategic business and marketing messages throughout the United States and around the world.
Multi-disciplinary success led to network television writing and production contracts with CBS Television and Discovery Channels as well as other international broadcast interests.
A five-year contract with the Organization of American States (OAS) sent me to the West Indies where I worked with Presidents, Prime Ministers, Premieres, and Ministers of State. My work with the OAS required that I live within the indigenous communities and learn about the people, their beliefs, customs, and traditions. This experience allowed me to journey deep into the jungles of South America and across the Caribbean Sea—where pirates still roam—and where, on seemingly idyllic tropical islands, I found black magic and dark intentions living just below the surface of polite society. It was all fertile soil for my imagination.
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