About

I was always a daydreamer. The fantastical stories in my head and my curiosity about everything from why matter exists to why people are who they are inspires me to write urban fantasy and mystery novels. Before putting my creative juices in stories, I wrote nonfiction, and those publications include fantasy and travel articles for online publications, legal analogies, along with scripts for a religious documentary show. When I’m not writing, I’m looking for an adventure by traveling or sailing or rearranging all the furniture in my house and painting everything a totally different color.

I’ve always flipped back and forth from my creative side to my thinking side, probably because my artwork was always recognized but I grew up surrounded by geniuses. I have a Bachelor in Fine Arts and received numerous awards for my renderings and paintings, which are sold in boutiques and art stores. I also have a Juris Doctor and while working as an attorney, my strengths were reading and writing. Opinions I wrote for judges were published and literature I prepared when speaking at American Bar Association approved seminars gave attorneys Continuing Legal Education credits.

I’ve been featured in the Memphis Journal, the Memphis Newsletter, femme, New York’s International Fashion Fabrics Exhibition, the Orlando Sentinel, the Commercial Appeal, Southern Living and the News Press. One of my fantasy novels was a finalist in the Royal Palm Literary Awards. The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers gave me an award for my treatise regarding copyright law. Plus, I’m one of those gold star authonomites on HaperCollins’ Authonomy and Can Write Will Write graciously listed me as one of ten budding authors.

I’m a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, Savvy Authors, Mad About Words, the legal bar in two states, and in addition to being a member of the Florida Writer’s Association, I was the 2010 Conference Director.