About the Author

With 32-years experience in Emergency Medicine, the premise for my stories often arises from my medical knowledge. In my latest novel, Tujunga, I developed a very credible conspiracy that challenges two separate love stories, which become intertwined by their efforts to resolve personal conflicts. In this book, I incorporated a conspiratorial manner that has been compared to that of Dan Brown. As the third son of a divorced woman who raised five successful children in a foreign land, I often instill on my female protoganists the strengths I admired of my mother. Only recently did I realize the influence of her love for the drama in Mexican telenovelas: it is my common thread to many contemporary "Hispanic" authors (generically, I've termed it vivid romantic realism - in the fashion of Carlos Ruiz Zafon). For my love of adventure, I have done much international travel, and these multicultural experiences have provided me with a rich assortment of backdrops for my stories. In Tujunga, my characters travel from the San Fernando Valley to the California high desert, and cross-country to The Hamptons in Virginia. A second journey tracks from The Gambia in Africa to the far side of the moon. I aspire for the scene setting of Ernest Hemingway. Happily retired, I now live in southern Florida with my life-partner.

Reviews

What READERS are saying: (1) VR...This is a really bold novel. There is so much heart and imagination...It reminds me of Dan Brown or John Grisham. It is brimming with romance, intrigue and tension...a novel that will appeal to readers who love thrillers. It has romantic parts, and a mystery that only serves to heighten the emotional core of the story... Tujunga is part mystery, part self-discovery, and part romance with a little bit of horror mixed into it.(2) MP: ...an unusual tale, featuring an eclectic mix with a central plot that is both imaginative and intriguing. You clearly have an ear for poetry(3) VV: ...Original plot. Not once during the reading did I feel any portion was similar to anything else I've read...the plot was intriguing and the way it unraveled...kept me hooked.(4) LA. ...amazing ... absolutely amazing ... Your development not only of the story of Xochi's murder, but also of the sub-stories... each one worthy in its own right of publication, and when all worked together the way you so masterfully did(5) CM. ...WOW, I am so impressed---The author, Harlan Coben, that had transfixed my attention has nothing on you. This book is a winner.