About Me

I am the mother of a vegetable-adverse 15-year-old whose humor inspires my writing. I’m a volunteer in both his classroom and youth sports organizations. The Aunt Claire's Pet Care series is my fiction book debut, but I have been included in a number of anthologies with both fiction and non-fiction work.  As a former newspaper and magazine writer, my publication history includes breaking news and feature stories. I am a member of SCBWI and the Authors' Guild. I have a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications, with minors in business and political science, and a master’s degree in public policy administration. I live in Phoenix, AZ with my family and our dog Benny the Jet, who is available for stepping on my keyboard during Skype session if you’d like to discuss my work.