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A writer is basically a storyteller,
and all my life I've loved hearing
people's stories and telling them.
(With a little embellishment, of
course.) They seem to rest in a
special place in my mind, and
whenever I have a peaceful moment
they drift into my consciousness.
Originally from Michigan, I landed in
Syracuse, New York, after attending
Syracuse University. I worked as a
reporter for several years before
becoming the corporate marketing
director of The Pyramid Companies for
whom I opened shopping malls
throughout the Northeast. I drew from
this highly charged environment to
write my 2nd novel, WINDFALL.
The whole time I was racing from
town to town opening malls, I lived on
a hundred-acre farm outside the small
village of Cazenovia, NY, where I
raised my two children, Jessica and
David. I tried to inject the unique and
wonderful flavor of the people of this
small farming community into the
characters in SHADOWS IN THE
GRASS, my first novel.

I'm always thrilled when people say
my books are character driven,
because that's where I always start.
I have to know my characters, who
of course, are always intriguing,
befoe I put them in harms way...or
get them romantically involved.
The women in my novels are their
own heroes because that's what I
witnessed as I worked my way up
the corporate ladder. We've come a
long way since then. I remember
when I was on the road opening
malls in the 70s. I didn't dare tell
anyone I had two kids. Years later,
no one seemed to be concerned
when a corporate executive from
one of the major chains walked into
my mall office six months pregnant.
One cold, hard winter's day in 1996,
a headhunter called me. It was ten
degrees in Upstate, NY, and I was
overspent on my mall snow removal
budget and it was only January. I
glanced at the USA Today map and
saw it was seventy degrees in
Myrtle Beach and jumped at the offer
to manage the Myrtle Beach Factory
Stores.

My third novel, Pelican Watch, reflects
my warm feelings for the South and the
wonderful people I've come to know in
Pawleys Island and Murrells Inlet. I am a
very active real estate agent
specializing in oceanfront condominiums
and homes. This is a profession that
goes well with writing. I wake every
morning at four and write until eight
when I head for the office. I take my
disk with me and write on and off
throughout the day.

I have owned a place in the mountains
since 2004 and have centered my
fourth novel, IN THE SHADOWS OF
CHIMNEY ROCK, around Western
North Carolina's Hickory Nut Gorge. Like
the beach, environmental concerns are
a major focus in the mountains, with
people from all walks of life becoming
more and more aware of what's
happening to our natural resources.
IN THE SHADOWS OF CHIMNEY
ROCK is expected to be in the book
stores by late spring of 2008.