I write stories about adolescents struggling to become who they want to be in a world not of their making.I’m a teacher,father,champion of youthful brilliance, andauthor of narratives with strong characters and smart plot lines that speak to the complexity of adolescent existence and the issues that shape their worlds.I'm a proud Chicagoan of forty years, transplanted from a small town in central Indiana. I came to fiction writing after over thirty years of teaching at all levels--elementary,