Hi! My name is Twist (yes, it really is) and I want to entertain you.

I’ve always been a storyteller. You didn’t come to the dinner table of my half-Irish family without a good story to share. While at Stanford earning my undergrad and law degrees, I wrote for the student paper. As a plaintiff’s trial lawyer (specializing in suing middle-aged white guys who stole other people’s money), I was known for gripping cross-examinations and jury-swaying closing arguments. (Full disclosure: I owed a lot of my courtroom flair to TV lawyer shows.) So becoming a writer wasn’t that much of a stretch.

I write mystery novels and short stories with endings I hope you don’t see coming. The strong sense of justice that motivated me as a lawyer guides my fiction as well. My protagonists strive to do right, within—or outside of—the system. If you like reading about characters who are professional to the core but have a heart, too, and if you enjoy mysteries that make you think, my stories may be for you.

I’ve been fortunate enough to have my work win or be nominated for the Thriller, Ellis, Anthony, Shamus, Canadian Excellence, Derringer, Lefty, and Irish Book Awards, and publications such as Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus, Booklist, and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine say nice things about it. Check out the books here and the short stories here.

When I’m not writing or globetrotting (ninety countries on six continents—and counting!), you can find me biking, horseback riding, paddling, skiing, and snowboarding. But never cooking.

Enough about me.

I want to hear from you! Something on your mind? Just want to say hi? Drop me a line here. I read every message.

Thanks for stopping by—

Twist