Honors & Awards
2015-2016: Click here to see my photography awards.
2007: I am featured in Something About the Author (Volume 181, Published by Gale).
This is an easy-to-use reference source for librarians, students and other researchers. Each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's book authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12,000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover personal life, career, writings, works in progress, adaptations, and additional sources.
2006: Alabama students voted The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade as their favorite book (in the grades 4-6 category) for The Emphasis on Reading-Children’s Choice Book Award Program, which is sponsored by the Alabama Department of Education.
2005: The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade received the honor of being a "Children's Choices Novel for 2005" by the Children's Book Council and the International Reading Association.
2005: My manuscript, Dracula: The Real Story, received an "honorable mention" in the non-fiction category of the 2005 Write it Now Competition.
2005: Who's Who in the World
2004: The Contemporary Who's Who of Professionals
2002: The Contemporary Who's Who
1979: Outstanding Young Men of America
1978: Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities
2007: I am featured in Something About the Author (Volume 181, Published by Gale).
This is an easy-to-use reference source for librarians, students and other researchers. Each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's book authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12,000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover personal life, career, writings, works in progress, adaptations, and additional sources.
2006: Alabama students voted The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade as their favorite book (in the grades 4-6 category) for The Emphasis on Reading-Children’s Choice Book Award Program, which is sponsored by the Alabama Department of Education.
2005: The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade received the honor of being a "Children's Choices Novel for 2005" by the Children's Book Council and the International Reading Association.
2005: My manuscript, Dracula: The Real Story, received an "honorable mention" in the non-fiction category of the 2005 Write it Now Competition.
2005: Who's Who in the World
2004: The Contemporary Who's Who of Professionals
2002: The Contemporary Who's Who
1979: Outstanding Young Men of America
1978: Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities