In September of 2003 my wife, Mary, and I moved aboard our 36-foot sailboat, Rough Draft. Over the past 15 years, this move has proved to be the adventure of a lifetime. We first traveled on the inland river system from Minnesota to Mobile, Alabama. We lived in Mobile for two years docked at a small marina. Hurricane Katrina dropped our boat into a neighbor’s backyard. After rescuing the boat we then sailed to Florida where we spent three months living at a mooring in Key West.

From there we cruised up the east coast to Ft. Lauderdale where we lived on the boat and I wrote for six years. We hoisted the sails once again in the spring of 2012, traversed the Gulf Stream, and explored the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas until hurricane season sent us back to Florida. From there we sailed up to the Chesapeake, then back down to Florida where we suffered boat damage during hurricane Matthew. Five of my six books were written while living on the boat and I am currently working on the second book in my world’s worst detective series.