Fragments: Shattered and Shattering
An intimate novel tracing expatriate tension and romantic reckoning between Seoul and rural North Carolina, exploring how private loyalties survive across continents.
The Veiled Kingdoms
A high-stakes geopolitical thriller set amid Tokyo embassies and back-channel diplomacy, where state alliances fray under clandestine pressure and dangerous personal attachments.
Treaties unravel in hotel corridors long before assembly halls adjourn.
Statecraft rarely hinges on public speeches. Geopolitical weight always returns to exhausted compromises, quiet statecraft, and the irrevocable bargains people strike in private.
Friction Across Time and Borders
Each narrative draws from years immersed in foreign classrooms, academic study, and Eastern North Carolina soil.
North Carolina Roots
Fukuoka and Daegu
Academic Architecture
Raised in Eastern North Carolina and educated at Appalachian State University, instilling patience for regional nuance, layered loyalties, and unvarnished character.
Years teaching in East Asia revealed how cultural distance, unspoken etiquette, and expatriate isolation heighten romantic and political tension.
Graduate research at the University of the Incarnate Word provided formal discipline, underpinning intricate multi-threaded storylines and historical stakes.
Quarterly essays on diplomatic history, narrative craft, and forthcoming publication announcements sent directly to readers.