Married for 30+ years to husband John. Two sons; one grandson.

My ancestry dribbles all the way back through the War of Northern Aggression (Civil War for those of you who are not Southern). The list includes names such as Langford, Pinckeny, Rivers, Cleland,Youmans, Parrish, DeSassure, Warth, Moultrie, Traegar, Arndt and DeLoach. As a descendant of Eliza Pinckney, I married a descendant of Samuel Horry.The Tullifinny, May, Cooper, Santee, Savannah and Cosaw rivers run in my veins. The Low Country is my home and though I may leave it; it will never leave me. Life in the South since the 1940's has affected and directed my stories.  Although caucasion, I spent time as a child on Daufuskie Island in the care of a Gullah woman who had worked for my grandfather in his oyster business. I still hang blue bottles in the trees to keep away the bad spirits. I would paint my front door blue if my daughter-in-law would let me get away with it.

I believe that as a writer you must write about the things you know or have lived. You will find myself and my friends hidden in the characters in my books.

One of my best friends summed it all up when she gave me this shirt for Christmas this year. It says "CAREFUL OR YOU WILL END UP IN  MY NOVEL" You would be amazed at how many people want a chapter devoted to them.

In college I studied languages and religions. My Philosophy and Religion professor was my mentor and he opened up my brain and eyes with lost and forgotten books of religions and histories.  I would give anything to be able to study in the Holy Land but the current conditions there prevent such a thing in safety.