Reading was always a huge part of my life, the local library being almost a second home. Year 'round, I'd carry out as many books as I was allowed. In summer, the books' plastic bindings stuck to my skin; in winter, they'd slip through my arms as I held them to my chest.

After college, I became a copywriter at a New York publishing house, then a direct response copywriter, then a copy editor. My husband and I have also written three books for the children’s library market, as well as for Ranger Rick, OMNI, Health, Eco Traveler, and the "Sunday" section of the New York Times magazine.

Finally, in self-defense, I wrote Confessions of a Turtle Wife, the story of how I learned to live with and love my man who loves turtles. (Full disclosure: now, years later, we live in Queens, with two cats and a paltry three turtles that live in a turtle habitat in our kitchen.)

Anyone with a hobby-addicted spouse is sure to relate to how I learned to live with (and laugh at!) my husband's um…unusual…obsession.