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September 9 Hold Special Memories

September 9 holds several deeply special meanings for me. It’s both my mother’s birthday and my parents’ wedding anniversary. I’ve shared a photo of my mother, likely from when she was in the 9th grade around 1942. It’s easy to see why my father wrote her dozens of letters during WWII before they married. And […]

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“Because” Wins 1st Place in Military & Front Lines Service to Others Non-Fiction Category

Earlier this year, I learned that my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, was shortlisted and ultimately became a finalist for the highly respected Chanticleer International Book Awards in the Military & Front Lines Service to Others Non-Fiction Category. Last night, I received the […]

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On My Mother’s Birthday

On my mother’s birthday this year, the same day we start our fall book tour, I can’t help but think of her involvement in my story and what led to my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. In many of my father’s 400 letters, […]