Buy My Debut Novel! Available on Amazon: $1.99 ebook; $13.99 paperback!

Think Catcher in the Rye meets The Basketball Diaries meets The Sex Pistols and Ramones. Teenage punk rock kids who love literature and philosophy.

Think Catcher in the Rye meets The Basketball Diaries meets The Sex Pistols and Ramones. Teenage punk rock kids who love literature and philosophy.

My novel, 'The Crew' is now available on Amazon in paperback/soft cover. (Hardcover and ebook still going through minor changes.)

Please buy a copy and--***important--leave a review!***

This is very exciting and a long time coming. For 16 years--since 2008--I've been working on this, my first book ever written. I tried to get an agent and got very close many times, including with one agent who read the book three times, praised it and then disappeared. At last, at age 41, I have given up on traditional publishing and decided to do this my way.

I'm deeply proud of this novel. I've honed it over years and years of rewrites and editing. A freelance Random House editor worked on it with me. It's got my heart and soul in it, on every page. Please read, review and spread the word. More books to be published in the near future!

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Plot synopsis:

When Jack Donnigan—a naïve, protected 16-year-old sophomore at St. Andy’s Prep in Southern California in 2000—jumps into The Crew, a renegade punk rock clique on campus led by the nefarious and intelligent Cannonball, he is thrilled. But he soon challenges Cannon’s leadership by starting a secret relationship with Cannon’s chosen girl, Sarah, a feminist punker, and by jumping on stage at live punk shows, displaying more bravery to the rest of the members.

Jack’s relationship with mom and dad becomes increasingly strained. He stays out late and rebels for the first time, enjoying his freedom and wild experimentation. The faculty at St. Andy’s—wanting to dismantle the cult hero status of The Crew on campus—organize a coup. They plan to nail the perceived leader: Jack Donnigan, who’s been conned by Cannonball.

Meanwhile, Sarah and Jack decide to run away to Jack’s uncle’s in San Francisco, flee their small town and live “real life.” Jack’s mentor is his beloved but unconventional English teacher, Mr. Bryce. When the faculty nail Jack, Mr. Bryce does his best to save the floundering student. But when Jack is finally kicked out of his folks’ home, and Cannonball connives to drum up drama, stealing Sarah back by spreading a web of lies, who will save him from himself?