Former pioneer paparazzo, celebrity restaurant waiter, Los Angeles Times Magazine photographer, author of nine books, Hawaii-lover and descendant of murderers, murder victims, politicians and other scoundrels so numerous that it took 5 volumes of my historical novel series THE FIRST WARD to sort them out. Currently living in Hawaii, I write every single day, my most recent project being a 9-episode TV series based on forgotten nightmare millionaire Fingy Conners.