No, I did not learn to read at age four.  I had better things to do such as fall out of trees and fall off my trike.  I did learn to read eventually and discovered books and hid away in corners to read undisturbed while my mother shouted, "All of you children should be outside, it's a lovely day!" even when it was pouring.  Then I reached high school and discovered boys.  Found a nice one, married him, raised a darling daughter.  My favorite reading is fantasy but I like best the ones that happen now.  So that is what I write.  (Escaping reality?  Probably)  Also, I wrote articles for astrology magazines for many years.  So when I started the Mudflat series, my heroine is a modern woman who works regular jobs in Seattle but also studies astrology because her magic background in magic Mudflat, a Seattle neighborhood, requires her to do so.  And then like that isn't enough conflict, she meets a guy from another world.

The Mudflat series includes TARBABY TROUBLE and WELCOME TO MUDFLAT, BABY and MUDFLAT TOY BOY, available through http://www.bookstrand.com/authors/phoebematthews. The first two books Mudflat are available in print through Amazon at http://www.amazon.com DEJA VU LOVER is available at http://www.thewildrosepress.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=145 and also from Amazon.

Phoebe Matthews
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Mudflat Books 1, 2 and 3, BookStrand Publishers
Urban fantasy Mudflat series

Tarbaby Trouble, and Welcome to Mudflat, Baby, thru Amazon
Urban fantasy, 1st two books of the Mudflat series

Deja Vu Lover, WildRosePress
Check the video for a summary of this vintage romance set in contemporary Seattle and 1925 Hollywood