I have read and written my entire life. My teachers have been Tolkien, Brooks, McCaffery, King, Hemingway, and Dickens. I have to say King is my favorite. My formal education and 'day job' is in psychology. I have earned an MA in Counseling, which helps the writing I think. Really everything I do is to help my writing.

I am married, have been for 15 years now. We have a 13 year old daughter who is very 13. We live in Oregon, which is probably my main literary influence (alot of Oregon is kind of creepy, you know?)