I have been writing for as long as I can remember, starting
with a kind of goofy fable when I was in the second grade,
which I illustrated as well. Then came the mega historical
epic in sixth grade fashioned after my favorite hero at the
time, the Swamp Fox, (played on TV, by the dashing Leslie
Nielsen). After reading The Scarlet Pimpernel in the eight
grade, the French Revolution caught my fancy and there
followed another great saga. My life-long love of early
American history can be traced back to the many family
vacations up and down the east coast, where my Civil War
buff father photographed me and my sisters perched on
cannons at every major fort and battlefield from Canada to
Virginia. I have since written seven novels, was a finalist
in RWA's Golden Heart contest (with Winter Fire) and placed
and won a number of chapter contests with a variety of
historical and time travel novels.
I indulged my need to be creative in college by majoring in
dramatic arts, pursued a short-lived acting career in the
Big Apple, went on to earn an MFA in acting, got married,
taught drama at a small all-girls liberal arts college in
Indiana, returned to the East Coast, moved around a bit,
and then finally settled down. During those years, I
dabbled in careers in advertising, publishing, self-
employment, and higher education reform in Eastern Europe
and the former Soviet Union.
A Bronx native, I spent my Wonder years on Long Island and
now live in Central Connecticut with my
teacher/director/playwright husband Tim, our two darlings,
Matt and Hannah, and Casey, a delightfully whacko Springer
Spaniel. When not writing, I enjoy cooking, tennis,
gardening, classical and folk music, the New York Yankees,
and messing around with computers.
I am a member of RWA, CTRWA, EPPRO, EPIC-- the
Electronically Published Internet Connection and the new
AEPRA.
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