

Their unconditional love and support have been the primary reason I'm accomplishing my goals.

Haunted House Ghost: Death at the Fall Festival, the fifth book in the Braxton Campus Mysteries, has had many supporters since its inception in May 2019, but before the concept even sparked in my mind, others nurtured my passion for writing.įirst thanks go to my parents, Jim and Pat, for always believing in me as a writer and teaching me how to become the person I am today. There are always people who contribute in a multitude of ways, sometimes unwittingly, throughout the journey from discovering the idea to drafting the last word. The world has so many beautiful places that I want to live in and experience.Writing a book is not an achievement an individual person can accomplish on his or her own.

I live on the East Side in NYC but love the West Coast just as much. For me, it starts with an amazing plot or a dynamic character, and then just takes off… you can find more about it here. Most of my work revolves around family dynamics and falls into general, mystery or historical fiction. At different periods in my life, usually defined by how busy work or school kept me, I’ve written short stories, novels and poetry. Being 1 of 10 students selected in each class who could customize the concentrations that made up my degree ( wow, was I lucky!), I focused on English (Writing & Literature) for my major but added in several minors for Education, Business, Communications and Spanish. I went to Moravian College where I obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts. I am an avid genealogist who has amassed a family tree with about 2000 members going back to the early 1800s.

Most have been in the NYC metro area for approximately 150+ years but I’m still trying to pinpoint when all the branches arrived. I grew up in Long Island, New York which is where many of my ancestors call home. James is my given name, but most folks call me Jay.
