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A quick bio: My first book, The Button Boxes, debuted in September 2019. I went on to collaborate with the University of Idaho President Scott Green for my second book, University President’s Crisis Handbook (Wiley, 2023). My fiction and non-fiction contributions have appeared in Home & Harvest Magazine and Idaho Grain Magazine. I also worked for a company in Las Vegas as a copywriter. My current role is marketing writer for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. On deck is my dad’s memoir, Joe, Tell Us a Story.
I consider myself a nostalgia writer; my childhood experiences continue to offer an unlimited supply of anecdotes for my varied writing projects. But I also write for a non-fiction audience, specializing in higher education topics and, most recently, the power industry.
I firmly believe in pursuing dreams no matter how wild; persistence; full-circle moments; and using the best china for pizza dinner.
While you’re here …
Take a look at my book, University President’s Crisis Handbook!
This was my first collaboration as a coauthor. I loved every minute working on the two-year project with one of the most innovative and creative minds in higher education today, C. Scott Green. Scott and I go back a long way as friends and colleagues from the days I worked at the U of I for alumni relations. That’s how my partnering with him on the book came about.
The book is an intimate, behind-the-scenes, brave, bold look at how the University of Idaho’s nineteenth president led the institution through:
- near financial insolvency,
- the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic,
- and a capital crime against four students, all within his first three and a half years as president.
BRAG MOMENT: Praise for University President’s Crisis Handbook:
“Yet, under his guidance, the University of Idaho not only weathered these storms but also stayed true to its strategic goals, impressively without missing a beat. As a fellow university president, I’m confident every higher education executive would greatly benefit from adding this book to their management arsenal.” – Chris Lynne, President, University of Phoenix
And don’t forget my first book, The Button Boxes.
Our hero, Andy, must use a mysterious gift he receives on his twelfth birthday to unlock his family’s history and save his Grandma Lois’s life. You’re going to love it!
One last thought for you before you go roaming around on the site:
Remember, a positive review on Amazon.com for both books would be much appreciated. Positive reviews make an author’s world go ’round. Seriously. Feel free to share my books with anyone. Happy reading!
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