A legendary artist vanishes at the height of his career. To discover what happened and why, a childhood friend immerses himself in their shared history and in the events of a generation growing up between World War II and the sixties in Mississippi.
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1943, I grew up in the Deep South and later moved to New York and later still to Olympia, Washington. I am a painter as well as a writer and continue to show in galleries in the Seattle and Tacoma areas. I write regular art and theater reviews for area newspapers. I am also a gay rights activist. Although not autobiographical, the settings settings for my novels are the places where I have lived, and my personal involvement in the arts and glbt issues play a large role. My novels are self-published. My first two novels, "Until the Dawn" and "Imprudent Zeal," are about artists. "The Wives of Marty Winters," a work in progress, is about a newspaper editor and gay rights activist. All three are family sagas covering many decades.