| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer, substitute teacher |
| Location | Roseville, California, United States |
| Introduction | Thanks for dropping by. I am a writer who works almost entirely on children's books, stories, poems, and articles, including two completed novels. I live in Roseville, CA, near Sacramento-- crazy hot in the summer, cold and wet in the winter, and stunning in the spring and fall. I spent many years teaching high school English and am in love with words, books, theatre, and related subjects. I regularly review children's and young adult books for the San Francisco and Sacramento Book Reviews. I would love to hear from you and what interests you. I have work that will be published in upcoming issues of Highlights and High Five Magazines as well as a rhyming story in the anthology, Fifty Funny Poems for Children published in the U.K and a memoir included in a Christmas anthology from Harlequin, A Miracle Under the Christmas Tree. Please leave a comment or question or poem. |
| Interests | History, writing, reading, theatre, music |
| Favorite Movies | Casablanca, The Sting, The Departed, La Cage aux Folles, The Italian Job |
| Favorite Music | My daughter Maggie's |
| Favorite Books | Anne of Green Gables, The Little House books, Okay for Now, East of Eden and all other Steinbeck fiction, The Given Day, The Last Child, Mystic River |
