I love black sheep, but my family offers only a disappointing selection of ecru, beige, and mauve, forcing me to start making things up! That's why I love writing fiction. Strongly influenced by classic authors such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Anthony Trollope, and Shirley Jackson. I enjoy reading and writing stories about families and their foibles. If I ever wrote about ax murderers, they'd be a family of ax murderers, bickering about what kind of ax was best and how Mom always favored their siblings over them. Dysfunction junction, that's my family function.