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‘Inside the small booking office a solitary man stood behind a counter. A rather emaciated-looking article, in Harry's opinion; one with such pale and narrow features as might befit any bookish type, even down to the sunken boniness of his cheeks and the receding head...

Sutter's Mill 1849 My inspiration for The California Run came when I first studied the historical background of the California Gold Rush itself, and quickly realized that there was more to this story than met the eye. There was a connection here that I had not seen...

It was my 17th birthday when our 120-foot brigantine Eye of the Wind arrived at Green Island. Aside from the occasional supply boat from the New Guinea mainland, this old WW2 dock had seen no other visitors from the outside world for almost five years now. As we...

So how did I become a writer? That’s a simple enough question and, as I suspect it is with most writers, with a not-so-simple answer attached. I can still recall the precise moment, when I was only 16 years old, that I decided that this is what I wanted to be. It was...