As a novelist he is a two-time Kirkus Prize Nominee for The Fountain and [NSFW]. Both are in multiple printings and have been picked up for translation. His forthcoming novel The Butcher of Nazareth will be released Feb ’26. 

In Chicago, he was an award-winning playwright/theatre producer for over a decade. He is currently a Full/Active member of the HWA & SFWA.

DSH now lives in a valley between the ocean, the mountains, and the desert with his wife, son, dog, library, and a dozen typewriters.