The call came out of the blue in late 2013. With 16 books already under my belt, I was about to write my craziest yet. A filmmaker friend...

My sister has logged hours in the air toward a pilot's license. My wife once took the controls of a small aircraft as we flew from...

I was a bastard child. My wife was too. My mom, at age 16, conceived me out of wedlock, and by old definitions this made me illegitimate,...