Born in Hong Kong, raised in Princeton, NJ, and the youngest of eight. Former local crime beat reporter; but I covered real newsroom beats. I'm now a freelance writer, web designer, and certified paralegal. I was a literary editor, trusted by a Pulitzer-winning author. My home’s a riot of books, kept in balance by a Husky–Great Dane muse named Tundra and a zen-striped cat, Mr. Meowgi. I’ve been in recovery since ’99 and write to amplify mental health and addiction awareness through my nonprofit, Addicts Lives Matter. Nature steadies me. Stories save me. I’m a loyal Scorpio with messy margins, good senses, and ink in every vein. “So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?” Hunter S. Thompson