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TRIBE is about power, love, fathers and daughters in conflict-riven Afghanistan.

I worked on Afghanistan as a diplomat for almost five years, both in Washington and in the field. The place and the people got under my skin. So, I wrote a novel incorporating my experiences and observations.

As with all of my writings, I had to submit it for security review to the U.S. State Dept. They redacted parts and made me change other parts.

Camilla Loomis because, through sheer force of will power and scrappy ambition, she lifted herself out of a trailer trash upbringing to become the leading social doyenne of Washington. I had great fun writing about her.

I was a Foreign Service officer for 23 years. I’m currently a reserve officer in the Diplomatic Readiness Reserve (I was called up for return to active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan, but Pres. Obama’s policy to draw down from both countries got me off the hook!)

Regularly throughout my career, I faced situations which made me say, “Fiction can’t rival this.”

HAVANA QUEEN, an espionage thriller set in Cuba and GTMO, both places where I’ve served. It posits an end of days scenario for the Castro regime. It’s based not only on my personal experiences working there, but also on many months of intensive research.

The State Dept. is currently reviewing the manuscript to ensure I don’t spill any secrets. This onerous process takes at least six months.

If you like Daniel Silva, Graham Greene and John LeCarre, you’ll like my books.