After spending much of my life in the Midwest (aka flyover states), beginning with my birth in the Hoosier state and earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, I moved to Southern California, leaving the land of rain and snow for wildfires and earthquakes.

Over the years I’ve worked as an actress, college writing instructor, jail chaplain and a tour guide/page for Paramount Pictures. At a community newspaper I served as a typesetter (now an obsolete job), theater critic and faith columnist. Currently I’m a library associate at my local library and facilitate the adult Genre Book Club–we read science fiction, fantasy mystery, horror and romance. Not your typical book club.

I have a master’s degree in theater from Indiana State University. While in school my plays “Star Collector” and “Common Ground” were finalists in the American College Theater Festival One-Act Playwrighting Competition. “Common Ground” also earned a college creative writing award, and “Star Collector” was produced in New York City. The characters introduced in “Star Collector” became the basis of the Sandy Fairfax books.

I also have a Master of Divinity and a black belt in tae kwon do. As a martial artist I won several trophies at area tournaments.

In my spare time I obey my indoor/outdoor cat, enjoy classic television shows and movies, and serve as a lector (scripture reader at Mass) at my parish. I’m a member of American Christian Fiction Writers.