DAVE WILCOX was a travel writer. While on a 110-day world cruise, Dave wrote and published a travel blog describing the voyage. He had dabbled with an idea for a suspense novel. A woman author onboard emphatically told Dave “to stop dabbling, finish the book, and publish it.” He did. “Born Again” follows a charismatic preacher’s attempt to violently overthrow the government and create a theocracy. Dave’s wife Mary, his toughest critic, wanted a love story. “Sicilian Spring,” is his second suspense novel. A widower meets a girl in Sicily who is engaged to the son of an important Mafioso. Set primarily in Sicily, the love story melds into a travelogue and suspense/thriller while capturing Sicilian beauty, contradictions, and traditions. While living near the Arizona border, Dave joined a border watch group. Encountering the tragic reality, he was inspired to write “The Trophy Tree.”