IMAGINE. CREATE. INSPIRE.
Imagination has always been my constant companion. I grew up in a small town in Northern Michigan. I lived on a lake in the woods with few children nearby, so from the earliest age I was staging stuffed animals and other toys as characters in the stories I invented. Often, those stories were inspired by the ones I learned to love in the pages of the many books I checked out from the library.
I cannot remember a time when I didn’t know how to read (although I know there WAS such a time). I have always lived surrounded by books. Therefore, it’s probably no surprise that I ended up wanting to create my own. This too, I started at a young age.
I continued writing through high school and college, but I didn’t consider writing books for children a possible career. I spent many years working in the banking industry before deciding I needed to try my hand at writing books that would inspire children the way I had been inspired myself. It was super scary, but I never looked back!
Today, I write books, I share them with children, and I help other authors do the same. I get to imagine, create, and inspire every day in my dream job, right from my desk in Boulder, Colorado. I get inspiration from my two kids, my high-maintenance hound dog, and the view of Rocky Mountain National Park outside my window.
I hope you find something in my website that inspires you too!
Some A’s for your Q’s
What is your favorite color?
Red. It’s an exciting, vibrant, and powerful color.What else do you like to do besides read and write?
I love being outdoors, doing puzzles, cooking, and traveling.Where is your favorite travel destination?
Italy. Especially Florence. I am even writing a book that takes place there!What was your favorite book as a child?
Eloise, by Kay Thompson, illustrated by Hilari Knight. It was one of the few books I owned, so I was able to read it over and over. Plus, the idea of a naughty girl roaming around the Plaza Hotel in New York was so far from my own life, it gave me that magical experience of adventuring in the pages of a book.Which house at Howarts would the ``sorting hat`` put you in?
RavenclawDo you know J.K. Rowling?
Not yet.What is your favorite food?
Any kind of cheese. But I also love dill pickles!What do you love most about writing for children?
When kids tell me how much they love one of my books and why.