Biography

I was born in Baltimore and raised by a loving single mom and grandmother. My mom opened the door to the world of weird with The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and various horror movies on late night television. In particular, we shared a love and interest in vampires and werewolves. I didn’t believe that these creatures were all evil. Maybe if they had someone to love then they could be saved.

Yes, I am a hopeless romantic even for the monsters.
Fast forward to college, when I was introduced to Interview with a Vampire—at last, a story that captured the vampire’s perspective. Soon after, I began finding the bookshelves loaded with paranormal romance novels and the theme of redemption through love.

Finally, I wasn’t alone in rooting for these creatures.

For five years after college, I wrote sporadically. I jotted down story ideas during my lunch breaks at work, though I kept my focus on a career as a graphic designer and copywriter. In 2000, I started seriously pursuing my writing career. I wanted to create paranormal stories with strong heroines—who didn’t need the heroes to save them and sometimes even saved the heroes.

With the help of a wonderful husband and very supportive and encouraging friends, I have written several short stories and two novels. My latest book features a trio of heroines with special powers inspired by my husband’s comics, which I found surprisingly adult in the complexity of relationships and topics with which they deal.

As of now, I am evolving my story and shopping it around to agents and editors for possible publication, but you can download a sample chapter along with a short story on the Writing page.