I am a native Rhode Islander, now living in the Green Country of eastern Oklahoma. With my husband, a retired Navy commander turned pro golfer, I have traveled all over the U.S. while raising our four sons. I have a B.A. degree in Spanish from Salve Regina University in Newport, RI., and have worked as an NSA intelligence analyst, a children's librarian, and now a fiction writer. My first novel, COURT OF HONOR, won the Golden Heart Award, but it took ten years before seeing publication. During those years, I continued to write, and published many short stories, mostly romance and fantasy. As always, I read voraciously, and I branched out from fiction to indulge a long-time interest in science, metaphysics and the paranormal. These influences are reflected in Dreamtime, my romance novel that describes one family's multi-generational alien encounters, and Earth Magic, the first book in a YA trilogy.

More than two dozen awards from state and national writers' organizations, including the Golden Heart Award from Romance Writers of America and the Trophy Award (Best Children's Book) from the Oklahoma Writers Federation .