While I have been involved in various businesses during the past eight years, I have always dreamed of becoming a full time writer. I am currently the acting English copy editor for the travel magazine, Horizon, and have published nearly fifty articles during the past three years in Horizon, Playboy Hungary, and CKM Fitness magazines. 

Since I have lived in Hungary, I have written two books and am currently working on a third. My first book, entitled Darkest Days, Brightest Nights, is a personal account of my early struggles with a bi-polar illness. It has been published in Hungary and has sold more than 2,000 copies to date, which is considerable for a country of this size.

All of my earnings from the book go directly to support Hungary’s first bi-polar association, which was founded by my wife and me. On February 4th, 2006, I spoke at a major conference for mental health professionals and 300 copies of my book were signed and distributed. I have recently self-published this book in the U.S., and it is available on Amazon.

Living in Hungary has given me that great opportunity to travel and meet people from all over the world. These experiences continue to fuel new ideas and I hope to use these ideas to create some exciting and provocative reading.


1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
I came here in 1997 on a MBA exchange program between Case Western Reserve Univeristy and CEU.

2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
I was also an expat in Oxford, England for six months and in Mexico City for five months.

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
I always thought Hungary was a bleak place trapped behind the Iron Curtain. When I got here, I found a vibrant, international city that I now call home.

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
Hang out in Liszt Ferenc tér, go to the Széchenyi Baths, see the Bazilika, get a drink at Negro afterwards, check out the Mátyas Templom (I was married there), walk the Castle District, have dinner at Páva in the Four Seasons, and then hit Rudas Romkert later on. Complete this cycle as often as possible.

5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
Lecsó.

6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
Ketchup and beer.

7.What is your favourite Hungarian word?
Lecsó

8. What do you miss most from home?
ESPN

9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Film and TV writer, director, producer.

10. What's a job you would definitely never want?
The guys that put on the scuba gear on and dive into sewage tanks and pipes looking for leaks and obstructions.

11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Arizona.

12. Where do you hope to spend your next holiday?
Australia, including scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef.

13. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Bruce Springsteen; Raiders of the Lost Ark.

14. What can't you resist?
Deep dish pizza, sunsets over the ocean, sports movies, abstract art, classic cars, fast Internet speed.

15. Red wine or white?
Red.

16. Book or movie?
Great Gatsby and Good Will Hunting.

17. Morning person or night person?
Morning.

18. Dog person or cat person?
Dog.

19. Buda or Pest side?
Buda.

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."