WWII Airborne Demonstration Team
Just read a good article in the AOPA magazine about the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team. Love these living history organizations. Check out this video on how ADT recreates the sights and sounds of WWII paratrooper operations.
Read MoreWearing my other hat….
Before becoming a novelist, I worked as a journalist for the Associated Press. It has been my privilege to remain a member of the National Press Club, which helps promote press freedom here at home and around the world. In a podcast for the Press Club, I spoke with Alan Miller, founder of the News…
Read MoreA Salute to Sam Shepard
I’ve always been a fan of actor and writer Sam Shepard. We’ll miss you, Sam.
Read MoreWorld War II novel
Completing a WWII novel that deals in part with the Battle of the Atlantic. Many folks don’t realize how close WWII came to mainland American shores. I first got interested in this subject years ago during my college days. With the UNC-Chapel Hill Scuba Club, I dived on several WWII shipwrecks off the Outer Banks,…
Read MoreA Sharp Salute to John Glenn
A space pioneer flies west. Good tailwinds, sir, and thank you for all you did for us.
Read MoreSully
I highly recommend the film Sully. Great movie about regular people becoming heroes in the course of doing their jobs well. Sully rightly gets tremendous credit, but I like the way the film shows how everyone was on the ball: his first officer and flight attendants, first responders, ferry boat crews, etc.
Read MoreThe Hunters
Parson and Gold face terrorists in Somalia: The Hunters comes your way in paperback on August 2.
Read MoreNew Project
New project in the works: a historical novel set in World War II. Watch this space for details.
Read MoreSEAL Legacy Foundation
If you can be in Tampa on Saturday, November 7, please join me for the Tampa Bay Book Festival. The event benefits the SEAL Legacy Foundation, which supports the families of Navy SEALs. Other authors taking part include Kathleen Antrim, Simon Gervais, John Gilstrap, Jeffrey Wilson, and A.J. Tata. If you can’t make it to Tampa,…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Public Radio Interview
Many thanks to North Carolina Public Radio for a chance to appear on “The State of Things,” with Frank Stasio. I shared some thoughts on my new novel, The Hunters. Click here to listen.
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