The Seventh Circle follows a university student in Nazi Germany who is persecuted for his sexuality and faces the perils of a concentration camp. What was the inspiration for the setup to your story?

I was inspired reading a memoir of a camp survivor entitled The Men with the Pink Triangles by Heinz Heger.

What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?

I was disturbed by the present climate of hate and division in our country and across the globe and felt a lesson in man’s inhumanity to man was needed to remind us all of potential results of extremism.

I appreciated how historically accurate your novel is. What kind of research did you undertake to ensure the story was accurate?

Although the literature on the subject is scant, I read every primary source I could get my hands on. Most survivors have been reluctant to recount their struggles. I depended a great deal on Heger’s memoir and information I found about the two concentration camps most of the story takes place in.

What is the next book that you are working on and when will it be available?

I have just published Sundays at Simone’s, a satirical look at Los Angeles aristocracy as well as a tale of a young musician’s loves and struggles to find his niche in the musical world.

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