Silver Pen Award: Fiction
(2015)
EKU English Department Award Graduate Non-Fiction
(2011)
Pacific Bell Telesis Award for Outstanding Teaching
(1986)
Phi Beta Kappa
(1984)
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Bloodletting Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama ⋄ Period Piece Post WWI British society challenges a widowed doctor to accept change when he is asked to investigate the murder of a "sweet young thing" and clear the good name of the son of a colleague.
The General's Lady Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama ⋄ Romance In 1937, an Jewish music teacher attempts to flee Austria, and learns the challenges and seduction of power when he assumes the identity of an SS officer under the tutelage of the General --- who is also his rival for the woman who has vowed to save his life.
The Tarnished Halo of Father Bergonzoli Budget: $5M - $10M | Crime ⋄ Mystery After the murder of the Bishop of a small diocese in Italy, the new American priest assists with the investigation, soon his life, and his vocation, are in jeopardy.
The Man Who Made the Sun Come Up Budget: $5M - $10M | Family ⋄ Period Piece Seven-year-old Della learns about life's hardships and dangers from twelve-year-old Larry Spivy, his brooding father, and the KKK in Depression era Arkansas; and about forgiveness and the beauty a violin can make when it's played by an old black man in a boathouse.
Eastern Kentucky University
(2009-2021)
San Diego State University
(1982-1995)