My love of getting lost in a good story, coupled with a vivid imagination, fueled my dream of becoming a writer at an early age. I love creating worlds and writing about my characters’ adventures in those worlds, whether they’re based in reality or completely made up.
I also enjoy writing and editing nonfiction and have a degree in journalism from The University of Alabama. That led to a career that has included writing and copy editing for national consumer magazines and a couple of world-renowned universities.
Somewhere in there I performed and taught belly dancing for a few years, but that is another story.
Along the way, I’ve managed to earn a couple of awards for fiction writing. When not writing, reading, working out, or streaming movies and TV shows, I like to explore the natural world through hiking and bird watching with my husband and our dog.

