hiː bɪɡˈæn ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ ˈæftɚ ðə dˈɛθ ʌv hɪz wˈaɪf ænd hiː ɪz ðɪ ˈɔːθɚɹ ʌv tˈɑːm wˈɛdɚbˌɜːnz lˈaɪf tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈuː, fɪtspˈætɹɪks wˈɔːɹ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹ, ðə mˈɑːɹʃən dʒˈɛnɚɹəlz dˈɔːɾɚ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪt, ðə sˈʌltənz ˈɛmɪsɚɹi tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪt ɐ ʃˈɔːɹt stˈoːɹi pˈʌblɪʃt ɪnðɪ ænθˈɑːlədʒi sˈaɪdweɪz ɪn kɹˈaɪm, ðə θˈiːf kˈætʃɚ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪt ɪn fjˈuːtʃɚɹ ɐmˈɛɹɪkəz ænd hˈɛl kæn wˈeɪt tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn.
He began writing after the death of his wife and he is the author of Tom Wedderburn's Life (2002), Fitzpatrick's War (2004), The Martian General's Daughter (2008), The Sultan's Emissary (2008) (a short story published in the anthology Sideways in Crime), The Thief Catcher (2008) (in Future Americas) and Hell Can Wait (2010).