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

A: I take care of two hedgehogs and two beagles as well as a husband and a smattering of grandchildren from time to time. Bred, born and raised in Iowa I am still here and I really love my little piece of heaven. My day job is taking x-rays and coding medical visits. Active in our church we do a whole lot of stuff, name it

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

A: I write during my commute to and from my “real job” as a Supervising Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of Justice, where I lead a team that investigates and prosecutes corporate fraud. Most recently, we have been pursuing the Wall Street players who created the toxic mortgage securities that triggered the Great Recession. When I’m not writing or lawyering, you can usually find

Q: How did you get your start writing fiction and what genre do you predominantly write in?
A. I’ve been writing seriously since 2004. I had been making up stories for years before that, but that was the year I sent my first query letter and had the publisher ask for a synopsis and sample chapters. They ended up saying no to that story, but I was so encouraged and it pushed me to keep writing. In 2005 my dad took