American historical novelist, author of well-researched fictionalisations of historical personae. His recurring motif is that of the artist (Van Gogh, Michelangelo) as tortured, unappreciated romantic.
B.A. From U.C. Berkeley
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume
Two, 1986-1990, pages 808-810. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1999.
After receiving his M.A., he worked as a Teaching Assistant in English.