ABOUT THE AUTHOR. He was born into a Brooklyn Italian family, Phil was a shy and timid Catholic young man and did not fit in with his family view of life. He enjoyed hanging out with the other guys in his neighborhood. He quit school and enlisted in U.S. Army at seventeen. After his military career he continued his education. Seven years, of architectural training later he started working in the profession of Architecture. It was a mystery to him how he found a life on the Oregon coast. Sitting in front of his computer he start to write which has continued until this very day. Christianity was part of his life as a Catholic. In 1977 he did something most Catholic's never do, he gave his life to Jesus Christ and life had meaning for the first time. Christian Drama Fiction is his way of bringing out the truth's of Jesus. His writings are novels that man and women could understand and enjoy. His first book 'The visitor"was a short story of a Church longing for better things and received all they prayed for, only to lose it all because they were ashamed of the giver. His second novel "Can You Hear The Holy Spirit' tells a story of two young men wanting to see gods power in their Church and how God answers their request. Now comes his best effort. His new book is 'Transfixed-Christian Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Family values and a Christian way of Life. The enjoyment of writing to him, is praying in a different way. He asked the Holy Spirit for the guidance and rejoices when the answer is revealed. The Lord will get His message out in anyway He can. He just wants be a tool in the hands of his Lord. Just like the man in his last book, he wants to see God's power demonstrated in all the church so Jesus will be Glorified