I grew up reading Stephen King in the dark after my bedtime because my mom didn't want to have me perusing 'that kind of fiction.' I was homeschooled until I was fifteen, and then I began attending Chandler Gilbert Community College. I've been writing on and off my entire life, and have only recently decided to commit to it as my full time hobby (and perhaps, in time, career). Having done so, I'm learning more about the craft and am producing radically improved work as time goes by. My debut novel was published by iUniverse in August 2007, and my second book came out in January (2009); a collection called "Madeline City and other tales."