About and Photos

Most writers and artists I've met are rather solitary folks, seeking environments that allow for imagination and creativity. I fit into that category. I'm currently working on a seventh novel. Most of my novels are action adventures with some romantic under-themes, and the settings are usually a mix between Europe and America.

Social Code was my first novel to be published. It's the story of a curious software engineer, Doby, (a hacker) who plays an online computer game that rapidly invades his computer and his life. He encounters a sensual virtual character, and then a cat and mouse chase begins from there.

Virtual Eyes and the current novel I'm working on (it doesn't yet have a title) are a continuation of Doby's adventures. Blue Fate is my longest and most complex in terms of plot and relationships. Red Fate is the sequel to Blue Fate where a couple of dilemmas need to be resolved. Whereas Startup and Pales Tides have very different themes.

I'm always thinking about stories and constantly look for material in real-life. Today I was reading something about Greek mythology and got this idea about something that would make a cool story. Tomorrow it will be something else. Some of these ideas stick and eventually become a book. Anyway, I guess that's how writers operate.

Switzerland

Most of the time I live in a chalet in a small village in the Swiss Alps (the photo on the left) . The other photos are taken from around my village.

Costa Brava, Spain

Each year from May to June and from September to November I live in a remote location in the northern Costa Brava in Spain where I work with a group of writers to create fiction, nonfiction and poetry. I have a small simple house with a lovely view of the Mediterranean. There is something about that part of Spain that brings out the imagination. It is the region where Salvador Dali, Picasso and Miro came from.. There are lots of artists, writers, actors and creative people who live in that area. The photo below is the village just south of where I live.