He has written 12 plays, including Georgia's official state historical drama, The Reach of Song.
[2] He became a reporter for the Cherokee Scout newspaper in Murphy, North Carolina.
[2][3] In 1998, he won the North Carolina Arts Council Playwrights Fellowship.
He has written for The New York Times, the Raleigh News & Observer, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
[1] In 2003 he earned a Master of Arts degree in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State University.