Novel Series in progress: Two books are complete. Please contact me for sample chapters.

JAQUEMI
Book #1: Chameleons and Fitful Spirits
Book #2: Little Saints, Force Majeure

The JAQUEMI Novels present French chef/travel writer Maxou Fondant, his talking pet Tui bird Jaq, and his mercurial romance with beautiful former dancer Arielle, who now runs a small auberge in the South of France. In the course of their ups and downs, through locales from Paris to Provence and beyond, Maxou, Jaq, and Arielle encounter mysteries to be solved, dalliances with organized crime, brushes with the supernatural … and, thanks to Arielle’s sister, designer Fabienne, forays into the world of haute couture. Through it all, Jaq—a savvy bird who chooses his words carefully—remains the voice of reason. Sometimes the sole voice.

My writing journey thus far …

My first novel, The War Around the Corner, was workshopped at Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. My second novel, Tano Chere, was shortlisted in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. A short story, The Blank Family Quirkiness, was Semi-finalist for the Able Muse Write Prize for Fiction and was published in The Write City e-zine. Other published works include song lyrics, “Tipton’s Vein of Silver” in Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of The Byrds' Gene Clark, by John Einarson (2005, Backbeat Books); and a recipe contributed to Written in Our Hearts, a cookbook to benefit the Davy Jones Equine Memorial Fund.