Influences

• A wide range of personal experiences, from modeling with Elite in New York, Paris, and Tokyo, to competing in the Olympic Trials in synchronized swimming, from living in a sorority house through college to working inside corporate America, from experiencing firsthand the dew-laden beauty of a backyard rose to daily living with three high-energy boys. Life and living offers endless influences and engaging material.

Favorite Books

• Water for Elephants, Jane Eyre, Mistress of the Revolution, The Mermaid Chair, Chasing Fireflies, Pride and Prejudice

Favorite Authors

• Charlotte Bronte, Sue Monk Kidd, Jane Austen, Charles Martin, Catherine Delors, Robert Ludlum, Mark Twain

What I'm Reading

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Stein on Writing, The Fire in Fiction, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers

Web Links

• Author Website