Graduated from Duke University with a major in religion.
Black belt in karate.
He has published seven novels since 1980: The Russian Rose, So Late
into the Night, Blood of the Lamb, Where the Angels Watch, Braveheart
(novelization of his screenplay) and Pearl Harbor (also a
novelization), most recently and Love and Honor.
Graduated from E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia