Education
From Duquesne University and his Doctor of Philosophy in English from The Catholic University of America.
From Duquesne University and his Doctor of Philosophy in English from The Catholic University of America.
He is the author of four novels: "The Boy Who Drew Monsters" (2014), "Centuries of June" (2011), "Angels of Destruction" (2009), and "The Stolen Child" (2006). His acclaimed 2006 novel The Stolen Child, about a changeling, was inspired by the Yeats poem of the same name. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts Until 1998 he worked at the National Endowment for the Arts and wrote speeches for chairmen John Frohnmayer and Jane Alexander, and is currently director of communications for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the grant-making arm of the United States National Archives in Washington, District of Columbia. He has also written articles for The New York Times, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and other newspapers.