

| Male | 
| January 8 1954 | 
| Jacksonville Florida | 
| My pen name is from my father whose pen name was Ben Haye. I was born in Philadelphia the youngest of 3 children. Graduated high school in Jun. 1971. Joined the Navy in Oct.1971. Got married in Sept.1974. Had my son in Philadelphia in 1976 and my daughter in Long Beach in 1978. I served as a Torpedoman’s Mate & Navy Counselor, as a Police Chief & Criminal Investigator with collateral duties as Evidence Custodian and Internal Affairs Investigator. I served 22 years, retiring to Florida in 1994. | 
| Both fiction and nonfiction. | 
| I like to write short stories, poetry and commentaries about Bible issues (I am an avid Bible reader). | 
| My family and grandchildren, watching football, watching movies, playing video games on my tablet and spending time with my family and friends at our local American Legion. | 
| American Legion post 137 in Jacksonville Florida. All of my family are also members. | 
| Mysteries | 
| The Bible. Anything by Clive Cussler and John Grissom. | 
| Clive Cussler and John Grissom | 
| Maya Angelou | 
| I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy’. John F. Kennedy | 
| Contemporary gospel, country and jazz | 
| A Walk in the Clouds and Passion of the Christ. | 
| NCIS, NCIS Hawaii, Chicago Med, Fire & PD, Fire Country, SWAT, Blue Bloods, Rookie, Will Trent, Elsbeth, Law & Order SVU, Bob ❤️ Abishola, The Neighborhood, The Equalizer, Tracker, FBI + Most Wanted & International Falling Skies, The Last Ship. |