I was born in the New York City area to educated parents both of whom graduated from Columbia University. Predictably, I was run through the academic mill and by the age of 21, had graduated college with honors, was awarded a government fellowship to enter a PhD program in Economics, and had dropped out to play the guitar for a living.

Music defined me for the next 15 years during which I played at least one gig in all but two states east of the Mississippi. Working as a backup musician for the likes of Stephanie Mills, the Main Ingredient, the Marvelettes, Crystals, Shirelles, Joey Dee, the Belmonts, and on and on had its moments — both good and bad.

By age 35, I grew weary of the music business and settled into driving a taxi, a hustle that led me to writing slice-of-life stories about the bizarre and surreal, subjects about which few people know more than a cabby who drives from 6 PM to 6 AM in New York City.

I was not only published in men's magazines — but became an op-ed freelancer for the NY Times, NY Daily News, and NY Newsday.

Having gained some notoriety writing in both of those venues, I was hired full-time by one of the publications for which I was freelancing. And that organization published sex magazines filled with "girls you can have." Before I knew it, I wasn't just writing erotic stories by the truckload, I was selling advertising to the boss's customers (the prostitutes who advertised in his magazines) as well!

After a few years of servicing the advertising needs of most of the escorts in New York City, I opened my own ad agency and managed to make millions of dollars — most of which I didn't pay income tax on!

Instead, I placed the money in triple tax-free money market funds, a huge mistake in retrospect. 

The IRS was not sympathetic when a competitor ratted me out to keep himself from going to prison on a human trafficking charge. 

As a result, I was effectively relieved of 2/3rds of my money and locked up in a federal prison for a year with PAUL MANAFORT as my celly, and in the exclusive company of JEFFREY EPSTEIN as part of my job watching suicidal inmates at the facility.

Out for 4 years now, I am currently living a quiet life in Greenwich Villge, New York.