The Hidden Galleon documents nearly three decades of searching for the real history behind a sunken Spanish warship, a breed of wild horses that roam an island and a legal drama that almost prevented it from being told.   —Soundings Magazine

The author was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia where he graduated from Benedictine High School in 1967 and then attended the University of South Carolina earning a B.S. in Accounting in 1971.  He made his first dive at the age of 14, where he became enchanted with the underwater world. After college, he resumed diving to then become captivated with maritime history and research while he lived in Washington, DC.