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Since you and I are going to be friends, let me tell you a little about myself. I am a wife, mother, homeschool educator, quilter, graphic designer, and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I love leopard print and rainy days. Prior to beginning my writing career, I was an independent paper crafts designer and worked for several different companies. My cards and scrapbook pages have been published online and in numerous idea books and magazines, but now my artistic skills are dedicated to making beautiful book covers for myself and other authors.
I was born and raised near Seattle, WA (which explains why I love the rain, haha). As a child, I was addicted to the written word, and my exhausted mother finally taught me to read when I was 4 years old so that I could read to myself. I learned to write shortly after, and wrote my first book at the age of 6. It had a red cover (my favorite color) and was held together by duct tape. I wrote it for my mother.
A passion for books became a passion for plays, and I was heavily involved in school and community theatre while growing up. I studied Theatre and English at Brigham Young University-Idaho, but left my studies when I married my sweetheart and started a family. We have four children, five chickens, and not enough bookshelves.
While I am widely read in various genres, my favorite books to read (and consequently write) are historical fiction. I love stories that carry me away to a foreign place and time, and if they can make me laugh and cry, that's even better. A hopeless romantic at heart, I also enjoy reading love stories, but squirm inside when they're too risque. My goal is to write vivid, well-researched historical novels, and when romance is involved, I am determined that they be clean enough to let my teenage daughters read them unashamed.
My favorite authors are Susan Meissner, L. M. Montgomery, M. M. Kaye, Sally Britton, Jane Austen, Shannon Hale, Brian Jacques, J.K. Rowling, and Rebecca Connolly.
I was born and raised near Seattle, WA (which explains why I love the rain, haha). As a child, I was addicted to the written word, and my exhausted mother finally taught me to read when I was 4 years old so that I could read to myself. I learned to write shortly after, and wrote my first book at the age of 6. It had a red cover (my favorite color) and was held together by duct tape. I wrote it for my mother.
A passion for books became a passion for plays, and I was heavily involved in school and community theatre while growing up. I studied Theatre and English at Brigham Young University-Idaho, but left my studies when I married my sweetheart and started a family. We have four children, five chickens, and not enough bookshelves.
While I am widely read in various genres, my favorite books to read (and consequently write) are historical fiction. I love stories that carry me away to a foreign place and time, and if they can make me laugh and cry, that's even better. A hopeless romantic at heart, I also enjoy reading love stories, but squirm inside when they're too risque. My goal is to write vivid, well-researched historical novels, and when romance is involved, I am determined that they be clean enough to let my teenage daughters read them unashamed.
My favorite authors are Susan Meissner, L. M. Montgomery, M. M. Kaye, Sally Britton, Jane Austen, Shannon Hale, Brian Jacques, J.K. Rowling, and Rebecca Connolly.