After graduating from U.C. Davis with a B.A. in history, I eventually found my way into the publishing industry, first as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader, then as an associate editor at a sports publishing company. I've also been a Napa Valley winery tour guide, a substitute teacher, and an English as a Second Language instructor. Since moving from California with my husband and now-teenaged son to beautiful North Idaho, I've rediscovered my passion for writing. My first novel, The Silver and the Cross, a Christi more...