Interested in just about everything, I'm particularly drawn to electric guitars, science, history, the natural world, Bretz floods, art, books, firearms, and architecture. The universe is one fascinating place.

I read for writing rather than story, which over the years has steered me toward nonfiction and away from fiction. But not always. If a writer's words are brought together with care, I'll stay with him or her to the last page.

In The Driver's Seat is my first book. I'm at work on two more--another memoir and a novel of revenge--plus two screenplays. No tattoos, yet. And yes, I really drove 18-wheelers more than one million accident-free miles.