My two books of fiction contain slices of life about average people whose experiences serve to show a larger meaning. In this respect, the stories might be compared to those of Alice Munro. My collection, Two Mountains, contains stories that mostly focus on the teenage experience: a woman in her twenties recounts the sexual exploits and unhappy events of her high school years; a teenage boy secretly goes through the drawers of a neighbor woman with whom he is infatuated; a teenage girl feels abandoned when her mother goes off partying with a new boyfriend.

My novel, Moto Girl, is intended for a young adult audience. Since it is written in a literary style, however, it may also be of interest to adults. It’s a tense family drama about a 12-year-old girl who is learning to ride motocross. Her mother has a grudge against her, and when she is betrayed by her step-father she struggles to protect herself and her little sister. With no one to turn to for help, she finally suffers a breakdown.

My current fiction veers off into the realm of non-realism. I’m working on a book of linked stories about a man who, after dying of old age, finds himself an infant once again. He is given the chance to live his life a second time. While this seems a dramatic departure from my earlier work, there are still elements of slice-of-life and family drama.

I’ve spent most of my life pursuing music. After receiving a Master’s degree in Music Composition from San Francisco State University, I said goodbye to that esoteric world and now spend my time writing stories and playing popular music. I can be seen late at night banging my drums at bars in San Francisco with the country-rock band Small Gas Engine.