As a child, an addiction to reading led, eventually, to the
need to write. I wrote my first novel at age eight, mostly
penned under the covers at night with the aid of a
flashlight or high in the apple tree with the wind rocking
a benediction to my fantasy.
When a public library opened in my small town I thought
heaven was at hand. I devoured Nancy Drew books, two and
three a day, and went on to Grace Livingston Hill and Zane
Grey with the same appetite. But it wasn't until I found
Bess Streeter Aldrich that I discovered what I wanted to
write about. Relationships. The way all our lives rub
against each other and, in the process, change us in ways
both great and small.
Over the years I have published in almost every genre. My
byline has appeared on everything from children's
literature to newspapers, religious curriculum,
inspirational material, newsletters, magazines, poetry,
etc. My family coped for years with mismatched socks and
thrown-together meals, and a faintly guilty memory is
hearing, "Shh, Mom and/or Grandma's writing."
At the moment, I have five books under contract with Wings
ePress. FLIGHT OF ANGELS, a paranormal romance, received a
five star review. Needless to say, I am very pleased. MY
PRETTY LADY, a contemporary romance, has garnered rave
reviews and thrilled me to the core. The book deals in
layers with a woman's struggle to grow in spirit and move
on after a near fatal blow. My historical romance entitled
LIKE A RIVER, MY LOVE, will be released the first of May.
KEEPER OF THE SINGING BONES is due for publication in
September. A book of suspense, romance and mystery, it
takes place deep in the duppy-infested caves of the bush
country in Jamaica and is complete with Rastafarians and
political intrigue. In WHEN THE WIND BLOWS I took up the
problem of child kidnapping. Little five-year-old Gilly is
gone, and only his mother suspects that her estranged
husband took him.
Currently, I am hard at work on yet a new book. An out-and-
out, unapologetic, ghost story, DANCING LADIES takes place
in a haunted house. It gives me goosebumps even as I
write!
Thankfully, I have a supportive and extremely patient
husband who has had faith in my stories from the
beginning. My two grown daughters have given us the
blessing of eight healthy and happy grandchildren. As the
wife of a Presbyterian minister, a singer with a large
Chorale, and now an author, my life is, indeed, full.
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