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About the Author

I was born in Jersey City and we moved to a rural area outside of Hollywood, Florida when I was four. Just before my thirteenth birthday we moved to Northern California but continued to bounce around the Bay Area. My mother was the prototypical Irish Catholic woman of her day, so my little brother and were educated by nuns and brothers.

I started my college education on four separate occasions, always letting other things in my life get in the way of finishing. I married the mother of my children in 1977 and together we had four children, all of whom are grown and living their best lives. In 1997 I returned to college and completed my degree. I immediately enrolled in graduate school and earned an MBA in 2002.

Shortly after graduation, I went through a divorce after 24 years of marriage. In 2004 I married an amazing woman and my life changed forever. In 2007, after spending over thirty years in the wine and spirits industry, I was hired as adjunct faculty in the Business Department of Sacramento City College. I was immediately in love with being in the classroom again. I was hired as tenure track in 2014, earning tenure in 2018. In 2021, I retired from the best job I ever had.

Carol and I live in Stockton, California. Between us, we have seven children and twelve grandchildren. We are both retired, sharing our days with each other and our garden, books, and travels. I never thought of myself as a writer. In 1995, shortly after my mother passed, I visited Ireland to finally meet the cousin my mother had told me about for as long as I can remember. I spent a magical day with her. Twenty years later, I decided to write down my memories of that day. As I wrote I felt like this would be a good starting point for a novel. The first two chapters of May the Road Rise are my memories of that day. From that point forward, the story is purely fictional with some Irish history brought in to enhance the narrative.  I hope you agree and enjoy the books.