I spent most of my life trying to decide what to be when I grew up. I've always been an avid reader and traveler, and I actually wrote my first book when I was nine. My family and friends teased me through middle school and high school about the endless stories I wrote, but somehow it never occurred to me that writing could be a career.

So I studied science and English in high school, German and math and psychology in college, and I traveled whenever I could. I settled into architecture in graduate school, and eventually became a registered architect. I drew building plans for years, but finally found myself writing stories again in my spare time. And so, it came full-circle.

As a writer, I can be anything I want, anywhere in the universe I want to be. I've lived in the lush tropical islands of the Caribbean, the remote Texas-Mexican Border, the Bavarian Alps, and the thriving cities of Denver and Seattle. Through all my adventures, my heart has always belonged to the Arizona Sonoran desert. I now live in Tucson with my husband and two children.