Hi. This is the part of the website where I talk about what I have accomplished professionally. Always a hard thing for me, but here it goes. I am award winning multi-published author with over 30 books to my credit with more on the way. I write both romantic suspense and humorous and cozy mysteries for the Christian market. My books have been on the U.S.A Today bestseller lists as well as Publishers Weekly. My first book Romance Rustlers and Thunderbird Thieves was a Romantic times top pick. Two of my books Night Prey and Sassy Cinderella have won Carol awards from American Christian Fiction Writers. Prior to focusing on novel writing, I was an award winning playwright and short story writer. Blah blah blah etc.
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Now onto the more personal stuff. I have three grown children. The watershed event for me in my life was the loss of my husband to cancer in 2014. I am so grateful for the nearly 27 years of marriage we had together. Grief is a profound journey. From 2022 to 2023 I experienced more change as I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a year of chemo, surgery and radiation. The last MRI showed no sign of the tumor. All of this was an opportunity to ask God “why?”, pray a lot, value each day more and learn to accept help from people. Always a hard one for me, but people really showed up during this time of crisis. Also, in 2023 I had to say good-bye to my best friend. Bart the border collie passed away after thirteen years. After my husband died, Bart was my constant companion and such a comfort to me. I miss him.
In my spare time (like who has any of that, right?) I like to listen to Daily Wire Podcasts. Andrew Klavan is my favorite. He is the author of many bestselling thrillers and a screenwriter who became a Christian late in life. I have walking trails right outside my door, so I often like to be on those any time the sun is shining. Finally, I am a believer in always growing and learning new things. In light of that, I have taken up trying to paint both watercolor and acrylic. I don’t have any delusions about my artistic ability, I’m just happy when what I paint actually looks like something a person could identify. Years ago, when I decided to be a writer, I realized I could spend my life studying story craft and never fully comprehend all there was to know. Painting is the same way. Learning about color, composition, and light could take a lifetime and I would never get to a place where I had it mastered. Sort of like getting to know God. There is always something new to discover, a deeper mystery to investigate and pray about.
