Bio
I've been in love with words all of my life.
"Word nerd."
"Dictionary girl."
"Bookworm."
"Always telling your shaggy dog stories!"
Note: They aren't shaggy dog stories if they happen to be true.
My parents tell me I could read well at the age of three. "You just KNEW." My maternal grandmother liked to show me off to her bridge group by having me read Woman's Day magazine. The Big Golden book, Lassie's Adventures in Alaska was the first book I actually remember reading, and I read it over and over, wishing I had a collie of my own. Still do, and someday I'm sure I will! I spent most of my childhood sucking down books like they were candy. I teethed on the Heinlein juveniles, dove deep into the many Oz books, and craved adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, drama and more in the years that followed.
I am irredeemably cross-genre. I can't seem to help it. Whether I'm writing memoir, self-help, or one of my other non-fiction projects - or I'm diving deep into sci-fi, romantic thrillers, time-tripping family drama, or a mix of psychological thriller/horror - I give it my all. I love writing about strong women and decent men who aren't afraid to fall in love or admit they are wrong every so often. I love asking "What if?" and then running down that answer, in whatever deep, dark hole it manifests in. I'm not afraid to write the darkness and the light.
Genre is a construct. If you enjoy one of my books, you will quite likely enjoy another even if it is in a completely different genre than you are used to reading in. Give it a try!
I wrote my first book, Get Organized, Stay Organized in 2008. In 2020, I stopped running my housecleaning business (thank you, Covid) and dedicated myself (almost) full-time to writing. Now that I have finished renovations on our second short-term rental, I plan to jump back in to producing a solid 2-3 books per year. Hold me to that, will you?! Currently I have published:
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5 non-fiction
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3 romantic thrillers
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3 dystopian
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6 sci-fi
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1 portal fantasy
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1 psychological thriller
I'm a chaos gardener. I also love to shoot pool. I began playing competitively when I joined a league in 2022 and I now captain my own team. I adore my four furbabies (dogs are my favorite people), and I'm a crafter and occasional artist.
Weird fact: I tend to avoid cooking except in winter and then I make lots (and lots) of soup.
I am lucky to live in a creaky old house, built in 1899, with my husband and three of our kiddos in Kansas City, Missouri. As a result, life is full of continual home renovation projects! Learn more about why I call our house The Writer's House, here.
I've been a mom, stepmom, foster and now adoptive mom to eight amazing humans ranging in age from five years to their late 30s. By the time I'm done raising our youngest (born September 2021), I will have been actively raising kids for over 51 years. Crazy, but true!
And if that weren't enough, I manage two short-term rentals - Cottage West and Cottage East, one on each side of our home. Learn more about The Cottages by clicking on the link.
Updated: August 25th, 2026
