A native of South Carolina, Greg is a former IT professional and coffee shop owner. His four novels have received a total of ten independent publishing book awards and honors. Having crafted relatable, realistic, and sometimes humorous character-driven stories in the Christian fiction genre with A Seed for the Harvest (2014) and The Gills Creek Five (2017), Greg explores coming-of-age themes in a 1974 summer beach setting in the The Sea Turtle (2023). His latest award-winning novel, The Ballad of Walker Owens (2024), is now available in paperback and Kindle editions. While of each Greg's novels are unique in style and story, the savvy reader will note they share the same story universe. Greg earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of South Carolina and lives in Columbia, SC with his wife and two dogs.