Welcome to my web site!

Thank you for dropping by to see what fuels my novel writing! Like most things that occupy my time, writing books is an exercise in passion for me. My stories reflect the things I both cherish and despise. On the "cherish" side: the fabulous wild places remaining on this earth, human kindness and courage, our capacity for love, all the earth's creatures, and a rapidly advancing bio-technology that has the capability to improve, prolong and save lives.

Things I despise: corporate greed; that same bio-technology, which, unchecked, has the capability of wreaking unequaled devastation; people who disregard the consequences of their actions to others, and to the earth.

I try to weave all these themes into stories that entertain and, hopefully, also shed light on an industry in which I've worked, and a world that I treasure. In the case of my newest book, Buffalo Medicine, that world is Yellowstone National Park. Buffalo Medicine deals with an issue dear to my heart: the slaughter of bison who leave the park to forage for food in late winter/early spring. Its main character, Jed McCane, is a Montana vet working on a vaccine that has the potential to eliminate the fear of brucellosis in cattle country once and for all. Jed can't understand why anyone would feel threatened by the vaccine, but when Jed's research proves to be too effective, he finds his life in danger. He can no longer tell his friends from his enemies, until a young buffalo activist comes into his life.

Please take your time to browse this web site, check out the links that will give you more insight into the topics I write about, and learn more about Buffalo Medicine.

Enjoy your visit!

For the Wild,

April