Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
Author, editor, and award-winning journalist whose work features a wide range of historical, general interest, lifestyle, book, film, theater, music, cultural, entertainment, restaurants, nightlife, health, medical, science, opinion, social, political, sports, business,holiday, and seasonal topics. Represented by Frank Weimann, Folio Literary Management Author of 14 published books: -- The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France, co-written with Seth Meyerowitz, Berkley/Caliber (Penguin Random House), hardcover, January 2016. -- Selected for Book of the Month Club, the History Book Club, and the Military History Book Club * Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion, Regnery Publishing, 2012, hardcover. -- Book of the Month Club -- History Book Club -- Military History Book Club * The Twilight Riders: The Last Charge of the 26th Cavalry, Lyons Press, hardcover, 2011 -- Book of the Month Club -- History Book Club -- Military History Book Club *Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Tales from the Next Parish Over, The History Press, 2008-present * Forgotten Tales of Massachusetts, The History Press, 2009-present * The Voyage of the Catalpa: A Perilous Journey and Six Irish Rebels’ Escape to Freedom, Carroll & Graf, New York, hardcover, 2002; Carroll & Graf, paperback, 2003; Weidenfeld& Nicolson, London, hardcover, 2003 -- Book Sense Best of Nonfiction 2002 -- Boston Herald’s Book of the Month May 2003 -- Manchester Guardian’s Book of the Week, January 2003 -- Optioned (film) by Worldwide Entertainment/Octagon Films * The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency, co-authored with Philip H. Melanson, PH.D, Carroll & Graf, hardcover, 2003; paperback, 2005 * The Rogue's March: John Riley and the St. Patrick's Battalion in the Mexican-American War, 1846-48, Potomac Books, 1999; 2005, 2009 AWARDS * Two-time winner of the International Association of Regional Magazines' Gold Medal for Feature Writing