I was born in Wolfeboro, NH, but have lived in Boston, MA all my life. My grandmother, my mother's mother, was one of five sisters who immigrated to this country from Ireland. My great grandfather (my grandmother's father) was an actor, painter and property owner. My father was a longshoreman who came from Newfoundland. My father's mother was Irish, his father was Scotch.

My uncle, my mother's brother, who recently passed away, was a well know and respected hotel manager: the Sherry Biltmore, Blue Hill Country Club, Holiday Inn in Framingham to name a few places. He was also a Notary Public, Landlord and Realtor in New Hampshire.

In addition to Phantom I have published six other books: Twilight Side of the Hill, It's So Easy to be Smart with Someone Else's Heart: the Sound of Your Own Wheels, Mining the Sounds of Silence: Therapy in American Life, American Paranoia, It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To: Life's a Horse and A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste: a Work in Progress. In addition to Good Reads, my books are on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Tower Books, Better World Books, Powell's Books, Book Depository, Books-a-Million, Alibris, Google, Chegg's and the Warehouse.