Q: How did you get your start writing fiction and what genre do you predominantly write in?

A. I always had stories in my head waiting to be told. Unfortunately for many years those stories were only being enjoyed by me. One day a light bulb went off—hey, maybe I should be writing these stories down for other people!

That was the day a writer was born, but it took many long years until I could say, “I’m a writer!” Now, I

Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
A. I’m a wife, mother, writer. I wear those labels proudly. J I was born and raised in California but moved to the beautiful state of Oregon twenty-two years ago. I have two wonderful offspring. One in college and the other a senior in high school. When I’m not writing, I love to spend time with friends or my dogs.

Q: When did you first realize you

Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.

A. I’ve been married for 38 years, and my husband and I have raised four sons. Our oldest son is married and has an eight-year-old daughter. I’ve lived in Oklahoma my whole life except for a year that my husband and I lived on a kibbutz in Israel.

When I was young, I loved horses and read every book I could about them. I also watched many