From reader reviews:

“A wholly original drama with crime elements, coming in like the long lost child of Jackie Collins, Jacqueline Susann and maybe a touch of Elmore Leonard. This refreshing new novel is destined to become a classic among readers of loose melodrama and gritty realism.”

“When I first got the book I didn't expect to end up listing it in my top favorite transgressive fiction. Blunt and real. I couldn't stop reading.”

“. . . POSER is a pleasure-imbued companion from page to page, with its endearing cast of the most good-hearted eccentrics in the suburban Bay Area . . . All unreal at various points. And all real by the end.”

“What you’d get if Quentin Tarantino made a Lifetime movie.”

“Romance meets crime and beautifully dressed crime it is.”

“Against all my preconceived expectations, I loved this series from beginning to end. It's essentially a romance with noir and transgressive overtones, and it's so twisted and bizarre that it could all be true.”

Recent competition laurels for Poser Pilot Screenplay.

Events/ news/ Creative inspo

Pics from the Cinequest Film Festival and Storytelling Celebration for writers in San Jose last March, along with images from neighborhood that inspired the Eucalyptus Lane series in nearby Palo Alto.

From last year’s 29 Palms Book Festival in the southern California desert next to Johua Tree and 40 miles from Palm Springs. This year’s fest will take place Nov. 5-7.