Born and raised in central Pennsylvania, I now live on a farm in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom with my wife, the writer Nancy Marie Brown, and four Icelandic horses. I get out on a horse almost every day in spring, summer, and fall.

I like to read books of all kinds, especially historical fiction and mysteries with compelling plots and believable characters. But in my experience, few mystery writers convey the real truth about murder.

Years ago my mother was killed by a burglar in her home. (You can read more about this event and how it affected me in a blog post, HERE.)

When I decided to write a mystery series, I wanted to depict, as honestly as I could, the reality of what happens when a person takes another person’s life. I drew on my own experience in creating my main character, the young Pennsylvania Dutch sheriff Gideon Stoltz, who, as a boy, lost his mother to a murder.

As well as writing mysteries, I’ve also written many books about nature and the outdoors. Readers tell me that my understanding of wildlife, natural places, and rural living informs my novels.

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