Family;

Greg  is married has four children he currently Lives in Roswell Georgia with his wife Shanna their three children, Myles, Brianna and Bridget and his oldest son Tracy, lives in California. They also have two dogs, Mickey and Pluto, and the back yard birds, rabbits and squirrels. Greg loves nature and his favorite pastime is bird watching which he attributes to his native American back ground. His Great Grandmother was a member of the Little river band of Ottawa Indians in northern Michigan in fact his Great Grandfather was born on Mackinac Island in the early 1700's. Greg began drawing as a child and story telling has always been a favorite pastime handed down from his GrandMother. Greg is the youngest of eight children born in Grand Rapids Michigan, being the youngest he learned how to fend for himself and being a part of a large Catholic neighborhood, there were always lots of children around to play with and when tensions would rise, Greg always found himself sticking up for the "Little Guy". Greg like many Americans has quite a diverse heritage on his fathers side of the family Greg is Irish, welsh and Ottawa while his Mother is Swedish.

Grand Mothers Influences;

Greg gives credit to his Grand Mothers for his talents, Greg's Mother ,Grand Mother and Aunts were all artist. He would spend time with his Swedish Grand Mother(Mor Mor) whom lived at the end of his street there he learned how to sew and make toys that  he would share with the other children, of course the fact she baked cookies and cakes didn't dissuade him from his many visits. Greg also had the Irish side of the family to thank for his story telling ability and sense of humor and spending summers with his Irish Grand Mother was special as he spent many hours in nature and GrandMa lived on the shores of lake Michigan where he would spend hours fishing.

Inspiration;

Greg has always been an advocate for children he is close to his nieces and nephews and that is where he gets the names for his characters. Like most kids Greg had his share of struggles, bullied as a child due to his moving from school to school as his Father moved his business, and also having dyslexia which was an encouragement for him to draw since it was hard for him to keep up with the other children in school. Greg knew in his heart he would someday he would do something that would have an impact on the lives of children every where.

Gods plan;

Greg was a troubled teen, like many teens it was hard to fit in and suffering from some abuse did not make life any easier. While in high school he played worked on a horse farm with his best friend Bruce, making 50 cents an hour was ok because the had horses to ride and ponds to fish in  which helped make the summers great fun and adventure. At 17 his Father a Marine of the WWII era, sat Greg down and together decided that Greg needed to join the Marines as Greg lacked direction at that time. Greg served in the Marine Corps, in addition to other tours, he was involved in the evacuation of Saigon. Returning home he worked in the construction trades and eventually received his bachelor's degree at the age of 27 went on to have many successes building and designing projects from Canada to south Florida. In his late forties Greg suffered several sever illnesses including a car accident which left him with a broken back. This is when God finally was able to get through to Greg, as he relate" I have always been a little hard headed and not always listen when God would speak to me. I owe it all to God this was the inspiration I needed", while in recovery Greg finished three books and was not long after he was published by Pelican, Big Bill in fall 06 and Brendan Mouses book in spring 07.


For the Kids;

I do all I do for the kid's. My goal is to help as many children as I can, Bullying is such a big problem in school and other areas of a child's life I hope through my books I will be able to reach and teach as many children as I can.