I am the author and illustrator of the new children's chapter book series:

PROFESSOR BARRISTER'S DINOSAUR MYSTERIES

published by NIMBLE BOOKS, LLC

Book #1 THE CASE OF THE TRUNCATED TROODON and Book #2 THE CASE OF THE ARMORED ALLOSAURUS are now available at Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com, and other fine online retailers. Book #3 THE CASE OF THE ENORMOUS EORAPTOR will be available this fall!

Diligently researched and paleontologically correct, the books follow the adventures of world-famous paleontologist Reginald Barrister and third grade students Nate and Emily as they travel back in time to investigate mysterious dinosaur fossils. In THE CASE OF THE TRUNCATED TROODON, they must save a classmate who accidentally transports himself back to the age of Tyrannosaurus rex, and along the way they try to solve the mystery of Professor Barrister's curiously tail-less dinosaur fossil.

The books are both entertaining and educational. Readers will learn that Tyrannosaurus rex lived at the end of the age of dinosaurs, Parasaurolophuses communicated by hooting through head crests, and the raptor Troodon hunted in packs. Each book is approximately 5,000 words and divided into chapters, with an extra section with fact-files on each dinosaur encountered in the adventure.

In addition to writing the stories, I also illustrated them, providing more than a dozen grayscale illustrations for each book, like the Tyrannosaurus rex on this page, as well as fully painted illustrations for the front and back covers.

In my other life, I have a day job as a prosecuting attorney handling serious felony cases. However, as is the case with many lawyers, I love to write. So by nights, weekends, and the occasional lunch hour, I am a writer and artist.

I live near Seattle with my wife and our two children.