The author grew up in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia and is a current resident. He has also lived in Ft. Lauderdale Florida and New Orleans Louisiana. He was educated in the public school...view moreThe author grew up in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia and is a current resident. He has also lived in Ft. Lauderdale Florida and New Orleans Louisiana. He was educated in the public school system in Charleston, West Virginia and Greenbrier Military School. He attended Marshall University and graduated with a B.A. from Morris Harvey College. He earned his masters degree from West Virginia Graduate College. He was a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice before retirement. He was also an A.C.E. certified professional trainer and a licensed professional poker dealer. In earlier years he was an award winning drug-free body builder and a distance runner. The author is still an avid Scuba dive with many dives in Cozumel, Mexico-Belize-Bonaire -Turks and Caicos-The Bahamas-And the Dry Tortugas.
He wrote his first novel, a 385 page yarn about his misspent youth and experience as a teen alcoholic called Wild-still available through Authorhouse or his website 22wild.com. His new release, Shell Point is base on a true adventure at sea with two of his good friends and the struggle to survive. People don't know what they are made of until they get taken apart a little bit.view less