When I was eleven years old, I discovered a fantasy series by way of our library’s bookmobile that sparked my imagination like nothing I had read before. That series began my love affair with dragons, magic, flawed heroes, complex villains and most of all, books. I found solace in my books during the tough times of my adolescence and I began to dream of the worlds I would create for others and the idea of writing as a profession seemed possible. Then college and life happened and the desire to write burned low for a time. Thirty found me listless and unfulfilled in my career so I finally began to write. Through fits and starts, rejection and perseverance I became the writer I wanted to be. Now, I write about complex villains and flawed heroes and big ideas and issues and if I don’t write and enough time passes I am again listless and unfulfilled. I have two small children that I hope will never have to escape to worlds of dragons and magic for any other reason than they want to.

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