I was born in the U.S. and raised in southern Spain, where I lived for six years. I'm half-Spanish by birth through my mother and fully bilingual. History has been an obsession of mine since childhood, but I started out working in fashion before I moved into social services. I've always enjoyed writing and finally published my first book, The Secret Lion, with an independent press in 2004. I then helped establish a new independent press shortly before my current agent sold my subsequent work in a 2-book deal to Ballantine, Random House, in early 2007.
Writing is a solitary task; to thrive more...
