Historical Data

I've been making a living as a writer ever since I got my creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. I spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until I finally decided to take a shot at writing what I really love—romance.

I wrote much of my first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while I was trying to ease my younger son’s separation anxiety. I had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. My son is now a completely independent elementary school student (phew!), and that book became my first sale to Superromance.

My husband and I are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. We met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only my husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” We live with our sons in a college town in New York State. I'm still employed as a technical writer, working at the local university. In my spare time (HA!), I write romance, read as much as I can, and hang out with my boys.

Bullet Points

Technical writers love bullet points.

  1. I live in Ithaca, New York.
  2. Ithaca was once voted the Most Progressive City in the U.S. and is a really special place. ("Special" has many definitions. Most of them apply to Ithaca.)
  3. I met my husband on a blind date on New Year’s Eve. My best friend ordered him to kiss me at midnight and stood there tapping her foot until he did. (She’s not my best friend for nothing.)
  4. I have two sons—both are charming.
  5. I grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Yep, that Scranton. The one from The Office.
  6. Yes, it is a town full of looney tunes.
  7. But we love it anyway.
  8. Especially on St. Patrick's Day.
  9. Wanted Man was the first book I ever finished. But not the first I started. Back in fourth grade there was one about Golden Retriever puppies. Then I had an orphan girl phase and an orphan twin phase and there was a whole year writing knock off's of The Outsiders. Hee.
  10. My writing partner, Diana Holquist, sold her first book the year before I sold mine. We used to plot together while our kids played together. Then she moved to Philly, betraying our friendship. Cruel, right? Anyway, her books are great. Humor, romance, and wicked dialogue. Here is her web site.