Born: Greenville, SC; Education: Clemson University (BA); University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Married, with two grown children. Currently live in Greenville, SC with wife, Mary. Veteran: USMC. Previous occupations: roofer, ditch digger, forklift operator, special ed teacher, textile worker, salesman, pizza cook, seal hunter, business executive. Currently, a psychotherapist, dividing my time between my private practice and fiction writing. Have had poetry published in regional quarterlies. None but the Living is my first novel.Hobby: wilderness hiking.