Are You An Angel?

About the Book

When Janey Williams puts her eight year-old son Jason on a plane in Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his father in New York, she anxiously tells him that angels will protect him on his journey.

But Jason´s plane is diverted due to weather, and the simple trip becomes a complicated odyssey, leaving him to find his own way to New York. As he is helped along his way by the kindness of strangers, he not only learns valuable lessons of life, but unwittingly teaches them as well.

"Are You an Angel?" is a story of hope. It illustrates the fact that in our own lives we both touch and are touched by the people -- and the angels -- around us.

About the Author

Dennis Murphy joined the U.S. Customs Service in January 1972, starting his career as an import specialist in New York Seaport. In 1982, he was appointed Director of Public Affairs for the Customs Service in Washington. In that capacity, he served as the media advisor to the Commissioner of Customs, and spokesperson for the agency on all press matters. In August 1988, he was selected to be the District Director in Norfolk, Virginia. On October 1, 1995, his position changed to that of Port Director, as part of the Customs Service’s nationwide reorganization. As Port Director in Norfolk, Mr. Murphy was responsible for enforcing all Customs and related laws in Southeast Virginia, and for providing support to other ports throughout Virginia and West Virginia. In March 1999 Mr. Murphy was appointed to the position of Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs in Washington, where he is responsible for all internal and external communications for the U.S. Customs Service. Mr. Murphy received a B.S. degree from The Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio in 1971, and an M.B.A. degree from Rider College in Lawrenceville, N.J. in 1978. He is a member of the Senior Executive Service. Some of Mr. Murphy’s significant awards include; "The Commissioner's Special Award" in October 1988, and the Hampton Roads Foreign Commerce Club "Commerce Builder of the Year Award" in October 1992.