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“This is an important―even a crucial―book. It convincingly dramatizes one of the most important and least understood factors in the American experience―the power of family in shaping a man or woman’s life. Anyone who reads Our Family Dreams will come away deeply moved and more than a little wiser.” ―Thomas Fleming, author of The Intimate Lives of the…

We are very excited to announce that TEXAS HEART has just won a prestigious Award of Merit for feature films from the Accolade Global Film Competition! In winning an Accolade, TEXAS HEART joins the ranks of other high-profile winners of this internationally respected award, including the Oscar-winning production of The Lady in Number Six by…

I’m quite excited about the wonderfully-designed jacket art that St. Martin’s Press did for my new book.  Check it out!  OUR FAMILY DREAMS will be published in July 2016.

I’m very excitedto announce that film and television star, Ed Asner, will play Benjamin Franklin in a miniseries I’m writing on Franklin’s troubled personal life during the American Revolution.  He all but abandoned his common-law wife, Deborah, spending most of his time in London, even failing to sail home to see her when she was…

Texas Heart has been submitted to the following festivals: Austin Film Festival, Toronto Independent Film Festival, Charleston Int’l Film Festival, St. Louis Int’l Film Festival, Lone Star Film Fest, Savannah Film Fest, and Denver Film Fest. Look here for updates!

June 19, 2015My new book, a saga about the Fletchers, a Vermont-based farm family that scatters to the South and West during the 19th century, has been retitled: OUR FAMILY DREAMS: THE ADVENTURES OF THE FLETCHERS ACROSS 19TH CENTURY AMERICA. It will come out next summer with St. Martin’s Press. A sort of novelistic approach…

July 1, 2015On June 13, a rough cut of TEXAS HEART was given a special screening for the hometown folks: we screened the film in the very town that inspired the story, Wolfe City, Texas, where my co-author and producing partner, Nick Feild, and I grew up. The screening attracted a huge crowd that laughed…