 JUST WHO IS THIS GUY, ANYWAY?
(Things you didn’t know about someone you don’t know)
 The writer (a.k.a. "Harry the Hat", circa 1963,
Fort Wayne, IN) prepares to embark on his first high-tech surveillance case with his
state-of-the-art Brownie.
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"American by birth, Husker by the grace of
God"
I was born in Lincoln, NE, in 1960. (I’m OLD, ain’t I?)
"How ‘bout them Hawks"
I have lived most of my life in Iowa, and am a graduate of the University of Iowa, where I earned my
B.A. in journalism and religion.
"Vìtàmè vàs"
I was a token Swede growing up in an ethnic neighborhood of Cedar Rapids called
Czech Village.
"Wait for the red light"
I was named captain of Hayes Elementary’s Safety Patrol in 6th
grade. It has all been downhill ever since.
"I know what I want to be when I grow up"
I decided I wanted to be a writer at age nine while writing my first mystery
"novel", an anthology of one-page mysteries called The Cases of Ace.
"Hey, kid! Wanna buy a
comic?"
I started collecting comic books at age 15. I began trying to break into the comics
industry as a writer when I was 18. I finally sold my first comics series, Street
Heroes 2005, in 1987 to Malibu Graphics.
"Charity begins in the haunted home"
Between 1976-1982, I designed, aided the construction, or assisted in the operation
of Haunted Houses for the March of Dimes and Muscular Dystrophy in Cedar Rapids and Des
Moines. Estimated amount raised: over $100,000.
"Behind every good man…"
I married my wife in 1990.
"Where did you come from, eh?"
My daughter was born in 1994.
"If you want something done right…"
My first published novel, King of Harlem, was originally a print-on-demand
(POD) paperback mystery-adventure from Writer’s Club Press at iUniverse.com.
King of Harlem is now being represented by Janet Benrey at the Hartline Literary
Agency.
"Look! It’s a bird!"
Whenever I can find the time I am working on a new fantasy novel, titled The
Peacock Party, inspired by the album of the same name by Gordon Giltrap. The manuscript for my second
novel, Muties, is being represented by Hartline. Work has begun on the second novel
in the Sassafras Winters/Chinaman mystery-adventure series.
Illustration of me appearing with Kolchak,
the Night Stalker. |
