After earning advanced degrees from Eastern Michigan University, the author taught physical education, American history and American government. He returned to his studies in 1977, earning a Doctor of Chiropractic degree. After practicing in Marietta and Swainsboro, Georgia, he moved to Athens, Georgia to write and practice.

His article, “Growing up with World War Two,” was published in the Old Morgan County Magazine in 2000. In 2002 an excerpt from The Blankenschipf Curse, was published in O, Georgia! A Collection of Georgia’s Newest and Most Promising Writers. He is currently writing a novel entitled Moochie’s Place.