Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
A. Hi! It’s a pleasure to be here again. I was born and raised near Chicago, but now live in rural northwestern PA with my husband and my kids. My daughter just graduated from high school, and my sons will be a senior and a freshman in high school this year. They grew up so fast! I am a teacher of the deaf and hard of

Q: How did you get your start writing fiction and what genre do you predominantly write in?
That’s a great question. I originally began writing fictional stories as a way to escape and unwind from a stressful job. My eyesight had worsened from all the time I was on the computer at work, but I discovered that writing long-hand with a pencil and paper was relaxing and didn’t bother my eyes much.

I write inspirational romantic suspense. My books usually have a

Q: How long have you been writing and what other careers or jobs have you had?
A. I have been writing full-time since 2015, but I started writing when I was very young. I’ve been a veterinary technician’s assistant, a medical transcriptionist, a pizza maker, a librarian’s assistant, a babysitter, a cashier, and a stable worker (mucking stalls and feeding). In recent years, we’ve been foster parents, and that was by far the hardest “job” I’ve ever had but also the