North Vancouver's own guru of creative writing was born in New York City and grew up in Los Angeles and Mexico City. He returned to NYC for college, did two years in the US Army at Fort Ord, worked as apprentice tech writer in Berkeley, moved to Canada with his wife in 1967, stumbled into teaching and found that he loved it. He has been at Capilano College since it opened in 1968, and ha has also taught in China. Author of many books and articles, his current projects include two novels and articles for online journals.
