BIO

Ever since I first read Night Shift by Stephen King in the early 1980s, I was hooked.  In school, I received praise from teachers for my creativity and imagination; in fact, my 11^th grade term paper was on vampires and I even joined the high school newspaper.  During college, other things occupied my time and I lost touch with my writing.  Then I found Dean Koontz.  Where Stephen King terrified me, Dean Koontz showed the true meaning of not wanting to put a book down.  My desire to write was fueled.

After graduating from Virginia Tech, I became a math teacher and completed my first novel, The Hands of Time.  Not having any editing experience, this time travel story traveled nowhere.  Several English teachers and I formed a writing group.  I was fortunate enough to have Marjorie Meyerle at the helm.  She showed me editing techniques and helped to revise my work.  Wanting to continue to write instead of edit, I began The Last Shaman.  Marjorie relocated and I left teaching for the computer field, but never turned my back on my passion for writing. 

I have lived in Woodbridge, VA for most of my life, graduating from high school there as well as teaching at the rival high school.  In despair after not having a book published, I wrote a letter to Dean Koontz.  Surprisingly, he sent a note back.  He offered encouragement and told me to seek an agent.  After more rejection letters, I concentrated on editing and polishing techniques using some of those rejections.  Little blurbs here and suggestions there taught me quite a bit.  My stories have been rewritten, edited, and polished.  Now, Lost Souls is ready with the Last Shaman and Near Death nipping at its heels.