My sister, Vickie Britton, and I have co-authored over forty novels, beginning with The Path of the Jaguar, written after a trip to the Yucatan.  This book was followed by the Ardis Cole mysteries, where Ardis, an archaeologist, travels the world and encounters crimes to solve.  I taught English in a Sioux Indian high school in Wa blee,South Dakota, and Vickie lived for a number of years in Laramie, Wyoming.  Because of this,  many of our novels are set in the west, among them The Luck of the Draw  western series and The High Country Mystery Series.  

The Edna Osbourne Whitcomb award from the University of Kansas, The Second Seaton award from Kansas State University, Others include Compassion, Aim, Minnesota Ink, and The Catholic Press Award