NEWS & EVENTS
Come hear me give a Book Talk
January 16, 2020 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Conference Room on the 22nd Floor
Four Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111-5998
I will be talking about my books, with the main focus on the recently published, THE FENCERS, the story of a Romanian-Hungarian fencer friend, Paul Szabó, whom I helped defect at the 1976 Montreal Olympics where I represented Canada in team and individual epée fencing. As well I will be talking about FOR THE CHILDREN, the story of my own family's escape from Hungary in 1956 and immigration to Canada and THE EXPO AFFAIR, the story of three Czechoslovak girls who approached me at the world's fair in Osaka, Japan to help them defect to Canada. I will also explore how these experiences influenced my thrillers and my poetry.
EXTINCTION was published on April 6, 2019!
My third collection of poems will be published by P.R.A. Publishing. These poems examine what mankind is doing to the planet and how it is driving other species as well as itself to extinction. Hear me read some of this poems by clicking the button below:
Come hear me present at the Kimball Libary
Thursday, December 12th at 6:00 pm
67 N. Main Street, Randolph VT
I will be talking about my books, with the main focus on the recently published, THE FENCERS, the story of a Romanian-Hungarian fencer friend, Paul Szabó, whom I helped defect at the 1976 Montreal Olympics where I represented Canada in team and individual epée fencing. As well I will be talking about FOR THE CHILDREN, the story of my own family's escape from Hungary in 1956 and immigration to Canada and THE EXPO AFFAIR, the story of three Czechoslovak girls who approached me at the world's fair in Osaka, Japan to help them defect to Canada. I will also explore how these experiences influenced my thrillers and my poetry.
THE FENCERS was published on March 8, 2019!
My third memoir in the Cold War Escape trilogy will be published by Deux Voiliers Publishing during 2019. This is the thrilling true story of my friend and fellow fencer, Paul Szabo, who approached me at the Montreal 1976 Olympics--where he represented Romania and I Canada-- to help him defect to Canada.
THE RAINBOW VINTNER was published on February 16, 2019!
This exciting international political thriller, set largely in Bordeaux, is based on current and historical realities that are shaping present-day events in Europe. The heroine, the beautiful Morgan Kenworthy, an exchange student in the capital of this famous wine region, uncovers a plot against the government of France.
