About
Initially a ghostwriter for Robert K. Tanenbaum, he later made a name for himself as a novelist, publishing mysteries and thrillers such as Tropic of Night (2003); Night of the Jaguar (2006); and the bestselling The Book of Air and Shadows (2007).
Before Fame
Before beginning his career as a novelist, he graduated from Columbia University; earned a doctorate in biology from the University of Miami; and worked for the White House and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Trivia
In 2006, his fantasy novel The Witch's Boy received the Washington State Book Awards' Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award.
Family Life
A native of Brooklyn, New York, he later settled in Seattle, Washington.
Associated With
He once worked as an advisor to United States President Jimmy Carter.
