Even as a small child, Shirley dreamed of being a writer. Born in Los Angles, California, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area as a child, where she attended junior high, high school and college. After college, Shirley flew to the Orient and South Pacific as a flight attendant. Never one to waste a great opportunity, she used her travels to fill notebooks with ideas, storylines and snap shots for future stories, which were continually taking shape in her mind. Juggling marriage, children and her new writing career, Shirley wrote a syndicated newspaper column while working up the courage more...
