I published my first story with True Detective magazine. And published numerous other stories after that until the company went out of business. My first book Death Angel a memoir of in country and delivering death messages to families after my first tour in Viet Nam was published in 1992 after five years of rejection. Since that time I have published 13 books of oral history about World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. I also have a series Murder In The Heartland of three books. I am presently working on the fourth and fifth book of that series and a oral history on the Iraq war. I served 2 tours in Vietnam, was Sheriff of Williamson County,Illinois, and a retired Associate Professor of Criminal Justice. I have also been involved in writing conferences and have spoken at many writing event.