Researching THE STOLEN CHALICE, I decided to put in a location that was a sharp contrast the the exotic international plotline.  The wholesome outdoors of Jackson Hole Wyoming serves as a contrast to the decadent character Tipsy VerPlanck.  

A mummy from the Brooklyn Museum goes for a CAT scan to see what’s inside the sarcophagus. Diagnosis…this one is not coming out alive.  

This Roman Era mummy in the British Museum is part of the plot of The Stolen Chalice.  

The curators at the Brooklyn Museum CAT scanned a mummy to find out what was inside the sarcophagus.  I went along for the ride – so to speak.  Research for THE STOLEN CHALICE.  

There has been a increase in looting at historic archaeological sites since the revolution.

I was standing next to photographer Will Croxton when he took this photo for The Stolen Chalice last year in Egypt.  

I went to Egypt to research The Stolen Chalice. Just a few miles outside of Cairo the old world and the modern world exist side by side.  

In Egypt I found this tomb carving of ancient dancers.  So beautiful