A Small Biography

A lifelong New England resident, I was born in Rhode Island and spent most of my life in Massachusetts.

I attended The New England Conservatory of Music, in Boston, and graduated from Johnson and Wales University, in Providence, Rhode Island.

I'm a Vietnam era veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Navy. My wife, Helen, and I spent sixteen years traveling the world, from Seoul, Korea, to Europe speaking at various venues about American styled free enterprise. It was a blast for a while.

We shared the stage with many notables over the years, including presidents Reagan and Bush, Newt Gingrich, General Schwarzkopf, Robert Kiyosaki, Zig Ziglar, countless entertainers like Brenda Lee, Marie Osmond, Johnny Cash, Art Linkletter, the Oak Ridge Boys, Bill Medley, and sports notables Mike Ditka, Sugar Ray Leonard and many more.

The stories I could tell you. But, as we jet setted our way around the world as business speakers, in the back of my mind lingered an old dream. To be a writer

I started with a newspaper column called "Ask Boomer Al," - and they did. One letter I received led to my first book, a horror with it's roots in small town living.

Helen and I have two children and eight grand children. We currently live in Florida with our beloved Maltese, Rocky.