I am a committed Christian and mother of four young children with an insatiable desire to create and a bottomless imagination. I write historical fiction, fantasy, and romance. Though I've been writing for most of my life, I am new to the publishing world. My major influences include such varied authors as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, Anne McCaffrey, Diana Gabaldon, and Stephen R. Lawhead. I write because I must, and if anyone enjoys my work, so much the better.