About Me

I've loved books since I was a child and my mom read to us each night before bed. Dad taught English for about fifteen years and purposely used incorrect grammar to see which of us would correct him first.

I'm the author of Gifted, a Whitney Award finalist, For What It's Worth, and My Own Mr. Darcy. I have a short story, The Christmas Contest, that won the Cedar Fort Holiday Writing Contest.

My life is full of immediate family (my husband and four children), extended family (I'm the oldest of eleven children and have 40+ nieces and nephews), writing and editing. I sometimes pull myself away from all these things I love to clean house.