When she doesn’t have her nose, not to mention the entire rest of her head, in a book, she writes and seeks out the company of others who also like to write. She enjoys the spark and excitement of sharing ideas, plots, quotes, and anything else having to do with the process of writing, with like-minded people. She likes young adult novels because they tend to move faster than most adult fiction, and because the situations and problems that arise can be completely outside the realm of “grown-up reality” - and frequently the target audience prefers it that way. Ghosts, phantoms, the paranormal, and the unexplained have been a life-long interest, and she continues to pursue that interest through both reading and writing.

She has written for both Examiner Publications and The Daily Herald in the suburbs of Chicago, and has had several free-lance articles published in local DuPage County periodicals. A novel for young adults, Saving Jake, was released in 2002. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She is part of the SCBWI Speaker’s Bureau and would be happy to do a presentation targeted at children in the middle grades and up.