Houseboat (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692654149)

Paul lives in North Fort Myers Florida with his wife, Sandy, his biggest fan and their three beautiful American Cocker Spaniels (Max, Bean, and Sam) who are better known as "The Kids". Born and raised in Seattle and now transplanted to Florida, Paul keeps busy being involved with community events and working on a model train layout besides his writing. A graduate of Western Washington University in education, Paul taught for 5 years and became self employed when he left teaching. Over the years Paul has owned and operated several businesses, where he met many interesting people who always seem to confide in him hence the varied knowledge of people that he uses to create his fascinating characters. The dog in this book actually existed and spent every day going to his various accounts during his business day, however luckily her life didn't end like BJ's. The real dog, Buttons, also has many stories that can be told about her adventures. Houseboat grew out of a story idea Paul had many years ago while driving from one business appointment to another. Over the years he would work on the story in bits and pieces until retiring, in 2010, when he focused more of his time and energies toward finishing the book.