I've loved stories and reading from the time I played "Librarian" with my sister as a young girl.

I've loved stories and reading from the time I played "Librarian" with my sister as a young girl. Living in a relatively small town in upstate New York, reading became a way to experience the world in a way I couldn't otherwise do. Many a hot, summer afternoon was spent reading, sprawled on the front-porch "glider", escaping to a time and place far from there. My mother was an avid reader, some might suspect to keep her sanity while raising three active children - especially when my brother was doing experiments with his chemistry set! Books were always present - being read, ready to go back to the library or about to be discovered. Information from the books was shared in general conversation, giving all of us a wealth of knowledge. Perhaps that is why I was drawn to the idea of writing stories early on.

Presently I live in Florida, with my husband Peter. We've been married many years, have two sons and two granddaughters, and have enjoyed a good life together. We've had the opportunity to do quite a bit of traveling and, always, I've been amazed at the beauty of the world. Simple things, like the sound of ringing cow bells falling down the mountains in Switzerland or gazing at the flowers in my own back yard, bring me great joy. It is this idea of the magic of it all, the logic of it all, that I hope comes through in my stories and touches the child in each of my readers, young and old.