BORN: 1/8/70

HOMETOWN: Trenton, NJ

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Prescott, AZ

CURRENT JOB (BESIDES AUTHOR): News Director/Sportscaster, KYCA-AM in Prescott, AZ.

PRIOR JOBS: Anchor/Reporter, New Jersey 101.5/WBUD-AM;
Production Assistant, TKR Cable, Hamilton
Township, NJ; Stringer, Hamilton Observer
newspaper, NJ.

SCHOOLING: Graduate, Nottingham High School, Trenton, NJ ('88). A.A.S. Television, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ ('90). B.A.
Communications, College of Mt. St. Vincent,Riverdale, NY ('92).

FAVORITE SCI-FI BOOKS: In The Balance Series & The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove, Jurassic Park & Timeline by Michael Crichton, The Dig by Alan Dean
Foster.

FAVORITE SCI-FI TV: The X-Files, Babylon 5, Star Trek, Alien Nation, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Dark Skies (A travesty NBC canceled that show after one year. Shame!)

FAVORITE SCI-FI MOVIES: Star Wars saga (of course), The Abyss, Independence Day, The Matrix, Terminator II.

FAVORITE SCI-FI CARTOONS: Star Blazers, Robotech (I love Anime), Exo Squad, War Planets, Superman (The WB series).

FAVORITE COMIC BOOKS: X-Men, Spiderman, Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics What If?

HOBBIES: Watching Sports (mainly baseball, football and hockey), military history, collecting T shirts and ballcaps.

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS: New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers (Hockey), Philadelphia Eagles (Football), Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Trenton Thunder, Anaheim Angels and Houston Astros (Baseball).

FAVORITE MUSIC: All kinds. Heavy metal, pop, classic rock, classical, some new age.

FAVORITE BAND: Led Zeppelin.

FAVORITE COMPOSER: As a whole, I love the Russian composers like Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Rimsky-Korsakov.

FAVORITE NEW AGE ARTIST: Toss up between Ed Van Fleet and Secret Garden.

MY OWN MUSICAL TALENTS: Played violin in elementary school and clarinet in my high school marching band.

HOW I UNWIND: Take a walk (also good exercise), go to Sedona, watch the WWF (it cracks me up!)

BEST JOB EXPERIENCE: In 1998, the Prescott High School girls basketball team went to the state semi-finals at America West Arena in Phoenix, where the Suns and Coyotes play. Me and my partner, Tom Bird, did the play-by-play for that game from
courtside. Total thrill! Even met Michelle Timms of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. Great day all around.

NOTABLE INTERVIEWS: Ollie North, Nadia Comaneci, Alan Dean Foster, Nomar Garciaparra, Rita Moreno, Jake "The Snake" Roberts. PERSON I'D MOST LOVE TO INTERVIEW: Vin Scully.

HISTORICAL PERSON I'D MOST LOVE TO INTERVIEW: Teddy
Roosevelt

FAVORITE MOTIVATIONAL MOTTO: "Who Dares, wins," motto of Britain's SAS.